Pick an AI design pattern and see how it works at a glance, its flow, strengths, watch-outs, and an example prompt. The patterns behind modern agents, side by side.
Building with AI is settling into a small set of recurring shapes, the same way classic software did with design patterns. This explorer puts them side by side: select a pattern to see its flow, what it’s good and bad at, when to reach for it, and a prompt you can adapt. Each links to a full write-up in the AI Patterns Library.
They’re the names the community has converged on across agent frameworks and provider docs. The value is collecting them in one place with honest trade-offs, not coining a standard.
Almost always, real systems chain them. A Router picks a path, that path uses Reflection, and a Judge gates the result. The patterns are building blocks, not either/or choices.
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Read the full AI Patterns Library or the concepts in AI Explained.