Baxie is the reference implementation. The patterns below are what scoped builds, fractional retainers, and AI-Native Org Audits actually deploy.
02.1 · Pattern
Multi-agent orchestration
A coordinator agent that decomposes a GC's request, routes sub-tasks to specialist agents, and reconciles their outputs against a typed schema. PDF takeoff, estimate generation, schedule synthesis, and scope packaging each have their own agent with their own evals. Failure in one doesn't poison the others.
In consulting: this is the spine of every multi-agent workflow scoped build.
02.2 · Pattern
Multi-model routing
Opus for the hard reasoning calls. Sonnet for the default working tier. Haiku for the routine, high-frequency calls where latency and cost matter more than ceiling. Routing is a config layer, not a hard dependency, so the same workflow swaps models when economics shift.
In consulting: this is the cost-control argument the CFO signs off on.
02.3 · Pattern
Vision pipelines on PDF plans
Architect plans arrive as PDFs. Baxie extracts dimensions, room labels, and assemblies, then feeds them into the estimating agent as structured data. Not OCR on a flattened image. Multi-stage vision plus typed extraction plus validation.
In consulting: this is the pattern for any document-heavy intake workflow, legal redlines, claims processing, lease ingestion.
02.4 · Pattern
Closed-loop learning
Field actuals flow back into the next estimate. Schedule slippage becomes a signal that calibrates the next schedule. Change orders feed the assembly cost library. The system gets sharper job by job because every job is a labeled example.
In consulting: this is the differentiator versus bolted-on AI. The loop is the moat.