OpenClaw Multi-Agent Routing
- Entity ID:
ent-20260423-p3a000000005 - Type:
pattern - Scope:
private - Status:
active
Description
OpenClaw separates two distinct concerns Claude Code collapses into subagent delegation. First: multi-agent routing hosts multiple fully isolated agents on one gateway, each with its own workspace, authentication profiles, session store, and model configuration, routed to channels/senders via deterministic binding rules. Second: sub-agent delegation within a single agent (maximum nesting depth 5, default 1, recommended 2, thread-bound sessions). The project vision explicitly rejects agent-hierarchy frameworks as a default architecture.
Key claims
- Multi-agent architecture is the starkest divergence
Relations
- OpenClaw --[contains]--> OpenClaw Multi-Agent Routing
- OpenClaw Multi-Agent Routing --[contrasts_with]--> Sub-Agent Context Isolation Property