EN-B020-039-multiple-agents-interaction-contract-net-router
[EN-B020-039] Multiple Agents Interaction: Contract-Net Router + Budget Arbitration
Overview
A practical evolution of multi-agent systems is the contract-net pattern: planner agents publish tasks, specialists bid with confidence/cost, and an arbiter assigns work under token/time budgets.
Use Case
- Planner posts machine-readable task contracts to a shared queue.
- Specialists return bids (latency, confidence, expected token burn).
- Arbiter selects winners, triggers execution, and reassigns on SLA breach.
Tools Used
sessions_spawn: planner, specialist, and arbiter rolessessions_send: bid exchange and reassignment handoffsessions_history: accountability trail for arbitration decisionscron: recurring benchmark rounds to tune routing policy
Trend Signals (2026 Q1)
- Recently updated multi-agent orchestration repos explicitly compare parallel high-code vs autonomous lanes (example: nexus-ai-orchestrator).
- Self-hosted orchestration stacks on commodity devices (e.g., Mac mini) are emphasizing multi-agent throughput.
- Discord-controllable orchestration services are growing as operators want chat-native control planes (example: gru).
Registry ID: EN-039 | Status: Verified | Language: English