Architecture and Beyond

Mar 7, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Effective Context Transfer in Multi‑Agent Systems: Strategies and Pitfalls

Choosing how to pass context between agents determines system stability, token cost, and debugging difficulty; the article defines context, categorizes four context types, and evaluates four main strategies—shared state, message passing, context compression, and hierarchical routing—detailing mechanisms, use‑cases, implementation pitfalls, and cost‑effectiveness trade‑offs.