[Issue]: Handoffs in Pattern Consideration

[giorgossideris]

Describe the issue

After reviewing the 0.9 release PR (#1551) and the refactoring of GroupChat with the introduction of Pattern, I’d like to propose including handoffs as attributes of the Pattern, rather than tying them to individual agents. It feels more natural to centralize the orchestration of the group within the Pattern itself, rather than splitting responsibilities between the Pattern and the agents.

This change would clarify the role of Pattern as the component responsible for orchestrating the chat, improving modularity, extensibility, and likely encouraging cleaner code (through a stepwise logic for defining the chat, first by defining the agents, and then orchestrating their interactions).

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[harishmohanraj]

Hi @giorgossideris, Great suggestion! We’ve added this to our backlog and will consider it for future prioritization as we plan improvements. Thank you!