Beyond APIs: Orchestration Patterns & MCP for Multi-Agent Systems
Enterprises are moving from single AI agents to ecosystems of agents. But without orchestration discipline and interoperability, projects collapse into chaos. This talk introduces the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and shows how to combine it with classic orchestration patterns to build scalable, auditable, and future-ready multi-agent systems.
Details
- MCP 101
- Standard for tool/agent interoperability (Anthropic, 2024).
- Replaces brittle N×M integrations with plug-and-play servers/clients.
- Core Orchestration Patterns
- Supervisor/Orchestrator → central control, retries, state.
- Pub/Sub → async, decoupled messaging (Kafka, Confluent).
- Blackboard/Shared Memory → shared knowledge pool.
- Capability Router (Intent → Skill) → dynamic skill matching.
- MCP + Orchestration Together
- MCP enables standardized tool access inside orchestration flows.
- Works with frameworks like LangGraph for stateful agent chains.
- Demo: Checkout Agent → Inventory → Pricing, swap tool live via MCP.
- Governance Built-In
- Logging, trace_ids, fallbacks, and human-in-loop for trust.
- Security and compliance hooks CIOs demand.
Takeaways
- Pattern Literacy — Know when to use Orchestrator, Pub/Sub, Blackboard, or Capability Router.
- MCP Fluency — Understand why Model Context Protocol is becoming the de facto interoperability layer for AI agents.
- Integration Confidence — Learn how to plug MCP into orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, Kafka, serverless).
- Governance Mindset — Embed auditability, fallbacks, and compliance from the start.
- Future-Proof Design — Architect multi-agent ecosystems that can evolve as tools and vendors change.
About Rohit Bhardwaj
Rohit Bhardwaj is a Director of Architecture working at Salesforce. Rohit has extensive experience architecting multi-tenant cloud-native solutions in Resilient Microservices Service-Oriented architectures using AWS Stack. In addition, Rohit has a proven ability in designing solutions and executing and delivering transformational programs that reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
As a trusted advisor, leader, and collaborator, Rohit applies problem resolution, analytical, and operational skills to all initiatives and develops strategic requirements and solution analysis through all stages of the project life cycle and product readiness to execution.
Rohit excels in designing scalable cloud microservice architectures using Spring Boot and Netflix OSS technologies using AWS and Google clouds. As a Security Ninja, Rohit looks for ways to resolve application security vulnerabilities using ethical hacking and threat modeling. Rohit is excited about architecting cloud technologies using Dockers, REDIS, NGINX, RightScale, RabbitMQ, Apigee, Azul Zing, Actuate BIRT reporting, Chef, Splunk, Rest-Assured, SoapUI, Dynatrace, and EnterpriseDB. In addition, Rohit has developed lambda architecture solutions using Apache Spark, Cassandra, and Camel for real-time analytics and integration projects.
Rohit has done MBA from Babson College in Corporate Entrepreneurship, Masters in Computer Science from Boston University and Harvard University. Rohit is a regular speaker at No Fluff Just Stuff, UberConf, RichWeb, GIDS, and other international conferences.
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