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Re: Show HN: An A2A-compatible, open-source framework for multi-agent networks

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caryzhang1 wrote: post #2

This looks great. Open-source work in multi-agent systems is still quite fragmented, so having an A2A-compatible framework feels very useful. A question: how difficult would it be to plug in custom agent personalities or domain-specific tools? If you have a roadmap or examples, I’d love to see them.

Hi, we are working on a feature allowing someone to quickly write and launch an agent into the network with zero code (just configuration).

Example config: https://github.com/openagents-org/openagents/blob/develop/ex...

We are doing the final testing, and this feature should be working very soon.

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> Star Us on GitHub and Get Exclusive Day 1 Badge for Your Networks

This made me close the tab.

Stars have been gamed for awhile on GitHub, but given the single demo, my best guess is that this is trying to build hype before having any real utility.

Re: Show HN: An A2A-compatible, open-source framework for multi-agent networks

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Post by zomux2000 »

buster wrote: post #5

Can someone please explain what this means? I'm familiar with agentic development workflows but have no clue what this means and what I can do with it? Is it something like n8n, to connect agents with some work flow and let the work flow do stuff for me?

openagents aims to build agent networks with "open" ecosystems, many agent systems these days are centered around workflows, but workflow is possible when you already know what kinds of agents will be there in your team. But when you allow any agent to join/leave a network, the workflow concept breaks, so this project helps developers to build a ecosystem for open collaboration.

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irshadnilam wrote: post #10

Good to see a2a getting more attention. If you are a rustacean, We are building something in the a2a space as well. Tho we don't have sudden increase in stars :/ https://github.com/agents-sh/radkit

Nice , time to learn Rust!

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Post by zomux2000 »

jumploops wrote: post #12

> Star Us on GitHub and Get Exclusive Day 1 Badge for Your Networks This made me close the tab. Stars have been gamed for awhile on GitHub, but given the single demo, my best guess is that this is trying to build hype before having any real utility.

There are already people using this in many applications, there is a new one coming out today https://x.com/milvusio/status/1991170853795709397?s=20

Re: Show HN: An A2A-compatible, open-source framework for multi-agent networks

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Post by silves89 »

buster wrote: post #5

Can someone please explain what this means? I'm familiar with agentic development workflows but have no clue what this means and what I can do with it? Is it something like n8n, to connect agents with some work flow and let the work flow do stuff for me?

In the late 90s and early 2000s there was a bunch of academic research into collaborative multi-agent systems. This included things like communication protocols, capability discovery, platforms, and some AI. The classic and over-used example was travel booking -- a hotel booking agent, a flight booking agent, a train booking agent, etc all collaborating to align time, cost, location. The cooperative agents could add themselves and their capabilities to the agent community and the potential of the system as a whole would increase, and there would perhaps be cool emergent behaviours that no one had thought of.

This appears, to me, like an LLM-agent descendent of these earlier multi-agent systems.

I lost track of the research after I left academia -- perhaps someone here can fill in the (considerable) blanks from my overview?

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Post by zomux2000 »

mac-monet wrote: post #17

I've been looking at all of the agent talk this past year with an open mind. But I still do not know what a real use case for these would be (and don't say a travel agent). What is the point of these swarms of agents? Can someone enlighten me?

We are working on an RPG game tailored for agents :) releasing soon.
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