RESEARCHarXiv CS.AI·5/7/2026
When Context Hurts: The Crossover Effect of Knowledge Transfer on Multi-Agent Design Exploration
This research challenges the common belief that more context is always beneficial in AI agent orchestration, particularly in multi-agent software design. It identifies a "crossover effect" where context injection can either dramatically improve or degrade design exploration, with its direction predictable by the baseline exploration without context.
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