Dynamic Self vs Sub-Agent

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Problem

Design a system where an agent must dynamically decide when to execute a task itself versus when to spawn a specialized sub-agent at Adobe.

Explain how the coordinator represents task complexity, selects tools or sub-agents, and terminates reliably. Define latency, cost, quality, hallucination, and prompt-injection safeguards. Describe offline and online evaluation before proposing the architecture.

Deliverables:

Architecture and routing policy.
Coordinator and sub-agent prompts.
Tool-calling or orchestration implementation.
Evaluation plan and operational tradeoffs.