When Context Hurts: The Crossover Effect of Knowledge Transfer on Multi-Agent Design Exploration

This research paper challenges the common belief that providing more context in multi-agent software design enhances performance. Through extensive testing across various tasks and context conditions, the study reveals a crossover effect where additional context can sometimes hinder design exploration, leading to significant performance degradation. The findings suggest that the effectiveness of context is highly task-dependent and can be predicted by baseline exploration metrics.