Agentic Design Patterns That Will Dominate 2026

Six agent architectures—computer use, A2A interoperability, CodeAct, Magentic orchestration, SLM micro-agents, and context evals—explained for builders.

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What you will learn Background The six patterns at a glance Computer Using Agents How the loop works Why this pattern wins in 2026 When to use it When to skip it Multi-Agent Interoperability MCP vs A2A — complementary, not competing Why this pattern dominates 2026 CodeAct AI Agents The observation–action loop Why Manus and others bet on code When to use it Magentic Orchestration Specialist sub-agents Copilot in 2026 When to use it SLM-Powered Micro Agents Architecture Why SLMs win on cost and latency When to use it Context Engineering Via Evals Four evaluation tracks Eval loop in practice Why evals dominate 2026 How the patterns compose Choosing a pattern Summary References

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Agentic Design Patterns That Will Dominate 2026

Six agent architectures—computer use, A2A interoperability, CodeAct, Magentic orchestration, SLM micro-agents, and context evals—explained for builders.

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What you will learn Background The six patterns at a glance Computer Using Agents How the loop works Why this pattern wins in 2026 When to use it When to skip it Multi-Agent Interoperability MCP vs A2A — complementary, not competing Why this pattern dominates 2026 CodeAct AI Agents The observation–action loop Why Manus and others bet on code When to use it Magentic Orchestration Specialist sub-agents Copilot in 2026 When to use it SLM-Powered Micro Agents Architecture Why SLMs win on cost and latency When to use it Context Engineering Via Evals Four evaluation tracks Eval loop in practice Why evals dominate 2026 How the patterns compose Choosing a pattern Summary References

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