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Module 2 — Multi-agent team patterns

18 patterns diagnosing how multi-agent crews work (or don't). Includes the foundational After-Action Review (#30) that every other pattern composes off.

The 18 patterns:

  1. #13 GRPIvstack_grpi — generate a working agreement from a team setup request.
  2. #14 Process gain/lossvstack_process_gain_loss — Steiner; did the crew beat best-individual or pay coordination cost?
  3. #15 Social loafingvstack_social_loafing — Latane-Williams-Harkins.
  4. #16 Superflocksvstack_superflocks — Heffernan; routing layer over-concentrates traffic.
  5. #17 Lencionivstack_lencioni — five dysfunctions pyramid (the layered diagnostic).
  6. #18 Trust Trianglevstack_trust_triangle — Frei & Morriss: logic / authenticity / empathy.
  7. #19 McAllister trustvstack_mcallister_trust — cognitive- vs. affective-based trust.
  8. #20 Edmondsonvstack_psych_safety — psychological-safety scale.
  9. #21 Glaservstack_glaser_conversation — Level I/II/III conversational intelligence.
  10. #22 Stone-Heenvstack_feedback_triggers — truth/relationship/identity triggers.
  11. #23 Plus/Deltavstack_plus_delta — structured behavioral inter-agent feedback.
  12. #24 SMART goalsvstack_smart_goal — Doran SMART criteria + kill criteria.
  13. #25 Group decisionvstack_group_decision — facilitator-canon decision models + protocol generator.
  14. #26 Debate pathologyvstack_debate_pathology — groupthink / polarization / contagion.
  15. #27 Bias stackvstack_bias_stack — Kahneman/Tversky cognitive biases.
  16. #28 Devil's advocatevstack_devils_advocate — role-separation diagnostic.
  17. #29 Thomas-Kilmannvstack_thomas_kilmann — five conflict styles.
  18. #30 AAR (foundational)vstack_aar — Wharton 4-step After-Action Review.

See PATTERNS.md at the repo root for full per-pattern detail including citations.