Operations Guide
Agent Coordination Failure Diagnosis for AI Operations Teams
Coordination failure (37% of multi-agent failures) includes infinite loops, role ambiguity, and deadlock states. This guide provides diagnosis steps and prevention patterns.
Implementation Steps
- Detect infinite polite loops: agents saying 'please proceed' beyond 5 exchanges.
- Diagnose role ambiguity: both agents think other should take action.
- Identify deadlock states: circular dependencies with no progress.
- Implement iteration counter with hard stop at 5 coordination exchanges.
- Define role ownership matrix with explicit primary action agent.
- Add deadlock detection with timeout and automatic reset.
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