# Give every agent a role. Give every handoff a contract.

> Design agent responsibilities, routing and handoffs, then export implementation scaffolds for the frameworks supported by Agent Architect.

Canonical page: https://prompterjack.com/products/agent-design

## Design before adding more agents

Start with a concrete task. Define what each agent receives, the tools it can call, the output it must produce, and how another component verifies it. Use one agent when the problem does not need orchestration.

## Inspect the system

Agent Architect represents roles, routing, state and handoff protocols. Review permissions, timeouts, retries and failure paths alongside the happy path. Connect relevant repository context to the design.

## Export a starting point

Generate scaffolds for supported frameworks, including OpenAI Agents, LangGraph, Strands and Copilot Studio. Configure the target environment, credentials and dependencies, and run the exported tests before using real data.

## Review the risks

Use architecture and tool reviews to examine untrusted inputs, tool scope and data boundaries. A generated scaffold is not a deployed, tested or certified production system.

## Can I deploy an export without checking it?

Treat an export as an implementation starting point. Verify the framework version, configure secrets outside source control, test realistic failures and review permissions before deployment.

## Next step

[Open Agent Architect](https://prompterjack.com/architect)