Multi-Agent Data Analysis
A behind-the-scenes look at how I built a multi-agent workflow that automatically cleans, analyzes, and visualizes data - all from a single user prompt.
In today’s data-rich landscape, the bottleneck isn't access to information - it's transforming raw data into insights efficiently. As a product owner, I frequently encounter datasets that require a combination of:
• Cleaning (missing values, duplicates)
• Descriptive statistics
• Visualizations
• Deeper insights (correlations, anomalies)
So, I decided to automate the entire process using a multi-agent architecture powered by OpenAI's GPT models.
This project showcases a modular, multi-agent system purpose-built for end-to-end data analysis. Powered by the OpenAI API, it orchestrates a suite of intelligent agents to perform data cleaning, statistical evaluation, correlation detection, and visualization. The architecture emphasizes scalability and flexibility, making it straightforward to extend or tailor the pipeline for diverse analytical workflows.
Upon receiving a user query, the system dynamically delegates responsibilities to the appropriate agents - each equipped to perform tasks such as data cleaning, transformation, aggregation, statistical inference, correlation and regression analysis, as well as chart generation (bar, line, pie). This agent-based approach enables modular, scalable, and context-aware data processing that adapts to the complexity of modern analytical workflows.
Architecture Overview
The system is built with modularity and delegation in mind. Each AI agent is responsible for a specific part of the workflow:
Triaging Agent: Interprets the user query and breaks it into tasks.
Cleaning Agent: Removes duplicates and handles missing values.
Statistical Agent: Calculates descriptive stats.
Visualization Agent: Generates line chart data.
Correlation Agent: Measures relationships between variables.
These agents are orchestrated using a central execution handler, which ensures that the output of one agent can serve as input to the next.
The Multi-Agent Data Analysis System is composed of purpose-built agents, each responsible for a distinct subset of tasks within the data analysis pipeline. These agents leverage OpenAI’s GPT-4 architecture to deliver context-aware, intelligent task execution.
Triaging Agent
triaging_agent = TriagingAgent(OPENAI_MODEL)
conversation_history = handle_user_message(user_query, triaging_agent)
The Triaging Agent serves as the system's entry point, responsible for parsing and interpreting natural language user queries.
Key Responsibilities:
Perform semantic analysis on user input to identify intent
Route requests to appropriate downstream agents
Maintain conversational context and manage multi-turn interactions
Request clarification or additional parameters if input is ambiguous
Provide graceful fallback and error-handling mechanisms
Example Interaction:
User: “I need to analyze sales data trends.”
Triaging Agent: “Got it. To get started, could you specify:
The time period you're interested in
The specific metrics you want to analyze
Any preferred type of visualization?”
Data Processing Agent
The Data Processing Agent handles all stages of data wrangling and preparation, built on top of pandas and numpy.
Key Responsibilities:
Data Cleaning
Remove duplicates
Handle missing values (e.g., imputation, deletion)
Standardize column formats
Detect and process outliers
Data Transformation:
Feature scaling (normalization, standardization)
Encode categorical variables
Parse and process date/time fields
Apply domain-specific transformation logic
Aggregation:
Perform grouped aggregations (e.g., sum, mean, median)
Support multi-level grouping
Apply time-windowed aggregation for temporal analysis
Analysis Agent
This agent performs quantitative analysis on structured data.
Key Responsibilities:
Conduct descriptive statistical analysis (mean, median, variance, etc.)
Calculate correlation coefficients (Pearson, Spearman)
Execute linear and logistic regression analysis
Interpret analysis results in the context of user goals
Visualization Agent
The Visualization Agent is responsible for converting data insights into interpretable visual formats.
Key Responsibilities:
Generate bar, line, and pie charts
Dynamically select the best-fit chart based on data type and user intent
Return chart-ready data or render-ready JSON for front-end visualization pipelines
Analysis Tools Overview:
Processed Data:
Statistical Analysis:
Basic Stats: Mean/Median/Mode
Distribution: Standard Deviation
Hypothesis: T-tests/ANOVA
Correlation Analysis:
Pearson: Linear Correlation
Spearman: Rank Correlation
Regression Analysis:
Linear: Simple/Multiple
Logistic: Binary/Multi-class
Visualization Tools Components:
Analysis Results:
Chart Generation:
Bar Charts: Simple Bar, Grouped Bar, Stacked Bar
Line Charts: Simple Line, Multi-line, Area Chart
Pie Charts: Simple Pie, Donut Chart, Exploded Pie
This project showcases a modular multi-agent system that automates end-to-end data analysis using GPT-4. With clear task delegation—triaging, processing, analysis, and visualization—it transforms raw queries into structured insights. The architecture is scalable, customizable, and designed for real-world analytical workflows, making it a strong foundation for intelligent data-driven applications.