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# Agent patterns

We have the bones of a few applications that can be used to create agents. These are not fully fleshed out, but they
can be used as a starting point for creating your own agents.

We have the following templates:

## Multimodal agent

[Code template](https://github.com/apache/burr/tree/main/examples/templates/multi_modal_agent.py)

![](./_agent_patterns/multi_modal_agent.png)

## Multi-agent collaboration

[Code template](https://github.com/apache/burr/tree/main/examples/templates/multi_agent_collaboration.py)

![](./_agent_patterns/multi_agent_collaboration.png)

## Supervisor agent

[Code template](https://github.com/apache/burr/tree/main/examples/templates/agent_supervisor.py)

![](./_agent_patterns/agent_supervisor.png)


## Hierarchical teams

[Code template](https://github.com/apache/burr/tree/main/examples/templates/hierarchical_agent_teams.py)

![](./_agent_patterns/hierarchical_agent_teams.png)