arXiv Computation and Language

PatchBoard: Schema-Grounded State Mutation for Reliable and Auditable LLM Multi-Agent Collaboration

arXiv AI
Aug 18

AstronOS: A Unified Execution Model and Runtime for Long-Horizon Agentic Systems

arXiv:2608. 16381v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Agentic systems often organize execution and state around a single conversation, model invocation, or agent instance, even when real work spans many calls and stages.

By Zhenhang Nie (iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., Hefei, China), Gui Zheng (iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., Hefei, China), Xudong Sun (iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., Hefei, China), Tailong Zhu (iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., Hefei, China), Bin Zhang (iFLYTEK Co., Ltd., Hefei, China)
arXiv AI
Sep 2

ChatDev 2.0: A No-Code Multi-Agent Platform for Developing Everything

ChatDev 2.0, also called DevAll, is a no-code platform that lets users build, run, and inspect heterogeneous multi‑agent systems (MAS) powered by large language models. It combines a declarative executable graph abstraction with a cycle‑aware execution engine, enabling representation and execution of dynamic, cyclic interactions among diverse agents. The integrated visual interface allows users to author, monitor, and inspect MAS—including human‑in‑the‑loop steps—without writing code, and experiments show it matches state‑of‑the‑art MAS performance across three tasks.

By Yufan Dang, Shu Yao, Bowen Lai, Chenting Xu, Ruijie Shi, Wai-Shing Leung, Huatao Li, Chen Qian, Zhiyuan Liu
arXiv AI
Jul 16

AgentCompass: A Unified Evaluation Infrastructure for Agent Capabilities

arXiv:2607. 13705v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As Large Language Models (LLMs) evolve into autonomous agents, the need for unified evaluation infrastructure becomes critical.

By Zichen Ding, Jiaye Ge, Shufan Jiang, Kai Chen, Mo Li, Qingqiu Li, Zehao Li, Zonglin Li, Tiaohao Liang, Shudong Liu, Zerun Ma, Zixing Shang, Wenhui Tian, Zun Wang, Liwei Wu, Zhenyu Wu, Jun Xu, Bowen Yang, Dingbo Yuan, Qi Zhang, Songyang Zhang, Peiheng Zhou, Dongsheng Zhu
arXiv AI
Aug 20

Position: Multi-Agent Systems Should Prioritize Concurrency Control

The paper argues that many failures in large language model–based multi‑agent systems stem from concurrency control issues rather than coordination or communication problems. It highlights how concurrent reads and writes to shared state, coupled with long inference windows, lead to stale data, lost updates, and inconsistent outcomes. The authors propose that MAS frameworks incorporate explicit concurrency controls—such as conflict detection, isolation guarantees, and structured resource access—to make concurrency a primary design concern.

By Xin Yang, Letian Li, Zimo Ji, Terry Jingchen Zhang, Wenyuan Jiang
arXiv AI
Jul 23

DocOps: A Verifiable Benchmark for Autonomous Agents in Complex Document Operations

arXiv:2607. 19865v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: As autonomous agents rapidly evolve, their ability to reliably manipulate ubiquitous digital documents has become critical for enabling general-purpose AI assistants and automating complex workspace workflows.

By Jiazhen Jiang, Boxi Cao, Lingyong Yan, Yaojie Lu, Hongyu Lin, Shuaiqiang Wang, Dawei Yin, Xianpei Han, Le Sun