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Description
Hi, thank you for publishing LightAgent — the framework is very helpful for people trying to implement real multi-agent systems without a lot of boilerplate.
I maintain WFGY ProblemMap (MIT), a 16-mode failure taxonomy for RAG + agents:
https://github.com/onestardao/WFGY/blob/main/ProblemMap/README.md
Besides “classic” RAG issues, it has a dedicated slot:
- No.13 – multi-agent chaos {OBS}
- Sub-pages on role drift, cross-agent memory overwrite, and black-box interactions.
This ProblemMap has already been integrated or referenced by:
- Harvard MIMS Lab – ToolUniverse (LLM tools benchmark; WFGY used for robustness / RAG debugging).
- QCRI LLM Lab – Multimodal-RAG-Survey.
- Univ. of Innsbruck Data Science Group – Rankify.
From my experience, LightAgent-style setups hit a very specific cluster of problems:
- Agents gradually overwrite or corrupt each other’s memory.
- Roles drift over time (planner becomes worker, critic starts acting like another planner, etc.).
- Logs are hard to interpret when something goes wrong (“black box chaos”).
Proposal
I would like to contribute a multi-agent troubleshooting section for LightAgent:
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A short doc (e.g.
docs/troubleshooting/multi_agent_problemmap.md) that:- Summarizes ProblemMap No.13 and its sub-modes (role drift, memory overwrite, hidden feedback loops).
- Shows how they manifest inside LightAgent (chat history growth, tool calls, shared vs. local memory, etc.).
- Gives concrete logging / instrumentation tips to make these issues visible.
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A small “debugging checklist” table for LightAgent users, mapping:
- Symptom → ProblemMap mode → what to inspect in LightAgent.
- For example:
- “Agent A suddenly starts talking like Agent B” → multi-agent chaos / role drift → check prompt templates + naming + routing.
- “All agents forget instructions after a few turns” → memory overwrite → inspect global memory append rules.
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Optionally, a minimal example script where I intentionally create a multi-agent failure, then show how to diagnose it using the ProblemMap lens.
Everything would live in docs only, no breaking changes to the framework.
If this is interesting, I can open a PR with a first draft so you can see the style and decide how deep you want it integrated.