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# Guides

These guides explain how Mastra's features work together when building AI applications. They cover design decisions, runtime behavior, and patterns you can apply to your own projects.

- [Multi-agent systems](https://mastra.ai/docs/guides/multi-agent-systems)
- [Context engineering](https://mastra.ai/docs/guides/context-engineering)
- [Agent lifecycle](https://mastra.ai/docs/guides/agent-lifecycle)
- [Authentication and identity](https://mastra.ai/docs/guides/authentication-identity)
- [MCP authentication](https://mastra.ai/docs/guides/mcp-authentication-authorization)
- [Streaming](https://mastra.ai/docs/guides/streaming)
- [Build an eval loop](https://mastra.ai/docs/guides/build-an-eval-loop)