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06. Module 10 Review — MCP and Multi-Agent Systems

Focus: protocol thinking, topology choice, handoff quality, and production trade-offs.

Review loop

  1. Re-answer the self-checks in 01_weekly_plan.md from memory.
  2. Re-explain the company analogy in 02_explainer.md without looking.
  3. Use 04_daily_recall.md to answer all 15 prompts cold.
  4. Review 05_hands_on_lab.md and write one sentence on whether your split was justified.

Reflection

  • Which topology feels most natural to you, and why?
  • Where do you still confuse MCP with orchestration?
  • What should feel automatic before Module 11?

Embedded checkpoint

Conceptual

  1. What does MCP standardize?
  2. Server vs client vs transport — what does each own?
  3. Tool vs resource vs prompt — why keep them distinct?
  4. Orchestrator-worker vs pipeline — when each?
  5. Debate pattern — when does it help, and when does it waste money?
  6. Shared state vs message passing — what trade-off are you making?
  7. What should a good handoff memo contain?
  8. When would you stay single-agent?
  9. Why do cost and latency compound in multi-agent systems?
  10. What four foundations does Module 11 assume from this week?

Applied

  1. Design a multi-agent workflow for code review in a 50-engineer org.
  2. Take a current workflow and defend why it should remain single-agent.
  3. Your writer agent keeps hallucinating details from weak evidence. How do you debug it?
  4. A PM wants “more agents” because it sounds advanced. How do you push back professionally?

Self-evaluation

Section Score /
Conceptual __ 20
Applied __ 8
Total __ 28

Foundation-gap audit

You are ready for Module 11 only if you can clearly explain: - the agent loop concept - multi-agent coordination basics - when to split versus keep single - cost/latency trade-offs

Bridge to Module 11

Next module asks the proof question. How do you evaluate agents, judges, and RAG systems in production? That is why this module ends with architecture judgment, not architecture excitement.

Completion gate

  • [ ] Weekly plan completed
  • [ ] Explainer read end-to-end
  • [ ] Assignment shipped
  • [ ] Baseline vs multi-agent comparison written down
  • [ ] Ready to move to Module 11