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Shared Scratchpad Collaboration(SSC)
Multiple agents collaborate transparently on a common workspace with shared visibility of all work
In 30 seconds
- What
- Multiple agents write to and read from a shared workspace, each seeing all prior work and building incrementally on it.
- When to use
- Complex documents or outputs requiring different expertise, where agents benefit from seeing each other's contributions before adding their own.
- Watch out
- Agents may contradict or overwrite each other's work if conflict resolution and ordering rules are not explicit.
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Shared Scratchpad Collaboration: Overview
Multiple agents collaborate transparently on a common workspace with shared visibility of all work
- Transparent collaboration
- Shared state management
- Real-time work visibility
- Collaborative refinement
- Progressive building
- Cross-agent learning
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