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1. Lack of standardized structures for how agents should coordinate, plan, and execute tasks.
2. Fragmentation of frameworks—academic and industrial systems vary widely in architecture, terminology, and capabilities, making comparison difficult.
3. Scalability and reliability issues—dynamic environments demand flexible workflows, but existing designs are often brittle or inefficient.
4. Security and trust concerns—multi-agent workflows introduce risks like tool poisoning, memory corruption, and collusion.
5. Absence of clear evaluation metrics—it’s unclear how to measure success or optimize these workflows systematically.
In other words, there’s no unified understanding of how to design, manage, and improve agent workflows. The paper proposes to address this by surveying current approaches, identifying their strengths and weaknesses, and outlining future research directions.
 
 
 
