Free Lesson
AI Workflows: Chaining, Routing, and Orchestration
30 min
Aug 25, 2026 1:30 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
Name the five workflow patterns and when each fits
Chaining, routing, parallelisation, orchestrator-workers and evaluator-optimiser, with the fit for each.
Build a router and an orchestrator live
Two patterns implemented on screen, with the latency and token cost of each measured as we go.
Decide when autonomy is worth its cost
The test for whether a system needs an agent at all, and what a workflow gives you instead.
Why this topic matters
Most systems shipped as agents should have been workflows, and the difference is money, latency and how often you get paged. Knowing the five patterns by name lets you argue for the simplest thing that works, in a room where everyone else is arguing for autonomy. You will leave with all five implemented and a rule for choosing between them.
