Graph Engineering: A Technical Primer

Prompts control the instructions. Context controls what the model sees. The harness controls the environment. Loops control the iteration. Graphs control the organization. Learn how graph engineering turns a pile of agents into something closer to an org chart, with owned workspaces and a harness that coordinates them. The harness handles the orchestration. The catch is cost.

Learning objectives
Distinguish loop engineering from graph engineering.
Identify when a single-agent loop is no longer sufficient.
Recognize the org-chart shape of a multi-agent workflow.
Evaluate the token cost of a graph run and apply the simplicity principle to keep it bounded.