# Multi-tool orchestration with the ADK

Plan, call tools, and summarize into a single runbook.

- Date: Mar 28, 2025
- Reading time: 18 min
- Level: Intermediate
- Tags: Agents SDK, Tools, Workflows

## Takeaways
- Run a planner step before tool execution.
- Parallelize tool calls when possible.
- Summarize tool outputs into a single response.

## Plan the tool run

Start with a planner step that enumerates the tools required for the task.

## Parallelize safely

Batch tool calls that do not depend on each other to reduce latency.

## Summarize results

Collapse tool outputs into a short decision memo or action plan.