I moved orchestration from the client into the MCP server and hid a multi-agent system behind a *single tool*. Tradeoffs inside.
Summary
The author shares a technique for moving orchestration from the client into the MCP server, hiding a multi-agent system behind a single tool, and discusses tradeoffs.
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