Phase 7 / Ep 32: Build Your Agent Legion — Multi-Agent Architecture with Specialized Division of Labor

⏱ Est. reading time: 4 min Updated on 4/13/2026

🎯 Learning Objective: Design and deploy multi-Agent collaboration systems.

1. Four Major Agent Architectures

graph TB
    subgraph Channels["User Entry Points"]
        TG["📱 Telegram"]
        DC["💬 Discord"]
        CLI["💻 CLI"]
    end

    subgraph Agents["Agent Legion"]
        PA["🧑‍💼 Personal Agent\nprofile: basic\nDaily Conversation · Reminders · Schedule"]
        CA["💻 Code Agent\nprofile: coding\nDevelopment · Testing · Deployment"]
        OA["🔧 Ops Agent\nprofile: full(in container)\nOperations · Monitoring · Alerting"]
        RA["📚 Research Agent\nprofile: standard\nReading · Summarizing · Translation"]
    end

    TG --> PA
    DC -->|"#dev"| CA
    DC -->|"#ops"| OA
    CLI --> CA
    CLI --> RA

2. Create All Agents

# Create Agent (personal already exists by default)
openclaw agents add code-agent
openclaw agents add ops-agent
openclaw agents add research-agent

# Set Permissions
openclaw agents config personal tools.profile basic
openclaw agents config code-agent tools.profile coding
openclaw agents config ops-agent tools.profile full
openclaw agents config research-agent tools.profile standard

# Bind Channels
openclaw agents bind personal telegram
openclaw agents bind code-agent cli
openclaw agents bind code-agent discord --channel dev
openclaw agents bind ops-agent discord --channel ops
openclaw agents bind research-agent cli

3. Agent Collaboration

Agents can call each other:

You (Telegram) → Personal Agent: "Help me research the new features of OpenClaw v4"
Personal Agent → Research Agent: "Please search for OpenClaw v4 changelog and summarize"
Research Agent → Personal Agent: "Summary complete: 1. Added XXX 2. Optimized YYY..."
Personal Agent → You (Telegram): "Research results:..."

4. Design Principles

Principle Description
Single Responsibility Each Agent focuses on one domain
Least Privilege Assign permission levels as needed
Channel Binding Avoid accidental triggers (ops commands should not appear in personal conversations)
Independent Memory Each Agent has independent memory and sessions

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