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Orchestrator agent: a meta-agent that coordinates other
Orchestrator agent: a meta-agent that coordinates other cognitive agents by deciding which should run when, operating at a different level of abstraction from the agents it coordinates, with visibility into system state, a policy for translating state into sequencing decisions, and authority to activate or suppress agents
Why This Is a Definition
This definition establishes the precise semantic boundary of 'orchestrator agent' by identifying its genus (meta-agent) and differentia (visibility, policy, authority, coordination function). It distinguishes it from a super-agent that does everything and emphasizes its role as a decision-maker rather than executor. The definition is precise enough to distinguish it from related concepts like regular agents or automatic processes.