Agentic Architecture
27%Agentic Architecture is the largest CCA-F domain at 27%. It covers how to design systems where Claude acts as an autonomous agent — making decisions, using tools, and managing multi-step workflows.
Key Topics
- ·Orchestrator and subagent design patterns
- ·Memory management strategies
- ·Tool selection and parallel execution
- ·Error recovery and fallback patterns
- ·Human-in-the-loop checkpoints
Sample Question
You're designing a multi-agent research pipeline. Which architecture best prevents cascading failures if one subagent encounters an error?
- A. Have each subagent retry indefinitely until success
- B. Use the orchestrator to catch errors and route to fallback handlers
- C. Terminate the entire pipeline on any subagent failure
- D. Pass errors downstream to the next subagent to handle
Explanation: The orchestrator pattern centralizes error handling, allowing the pipeline to continue via fallback routes while preserving partial results. Indefinite retries risk loops; termination loses all progress; passing errors downstream increases complexity.