Planner Agent | AI Agent Types | Agentic Swarm

The Planner Agent converts goals into executable plans. It selects strategies, defines workflows, and adapts the plan when conditions change.

Why it matters

A mission without a plan cannot be coordinated. The planner gives every other agent a shared structure to work from.

Use cases

• Breaking a launch into phases
• Choosing fallback strategies
• Designing a multi-step workflow
• Replanning when a step fails

Inputs

• The defined mission and constraints
• Available agents and tools
• Lessons from past missions
• Time and cost limits

Outputs

• An ordered task breakdown
• Chosen strategies and fallbacks
• Defined workflows
• A plan that can adapt

Failure modes

• Plans too rigid to adapt
• Missing fallbacks
• Over-planning simple work
• Ignoring known constraints