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Main Authors: Lin, Zexin, Yu, Jiachen, Zhang, Haoyang, Li, Yuzhao, Li, Zhonghang, Yang, Yujiu, Wang, Junjie, Ji, Xiaoqiang
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05004
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author Lin, Zexin
Yu, Jiachen
Zhang, Haoyang
Li, Yuzhao
Li, Zhonghang
Yang, Yujiu
Wang, Junjie
Ji, Xiaoqiang
author_facet Lin, Zexin
Yu, Jiachen
Zhang, Haoyang
Li, Yuzhao
Li, Zhonghang
Yang, Yujiu
Wang, Junjie
Ji, Xiaoqiang
contents Large language models are enabling language-conditioned agents in interactive environments, but highly cooperative tasks often impose two simultaneous constraints: sub-second real-time coordination and sustained multi-episode adaptation under a strict online token budget. Existing approaches either rely on frequent in-episode reasoning that induces latency and timing jitter, or deliver post-episode improvements through unstructured text that is difficult to compile into reliable low-cost execution. We propose CoWork-X, an active co-evolution framework that casts peer collaboration as a closed-loop optimization problem across episodes, inspired by fast--slow memory separation. CoWork-X instantiates a Skill-Agent that executes via HTN (hierarchical task network)-based skill retrieval from a structured, interpretable, and compositional skill library, and a post-episode Co-Optimizer that performs patch-style skill consolidation with explicit budget constraints and drift regularization. Experiments in challenging Overcooked-AI-like realtime collaboration benchmarks demonstrate that CoWork-X achieves stable, cumulative performance gains while steadily reducing online latency and token usage.
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spellingShingle CoWork-X: Experience-Optimized Co-Evolution for Multi-Agent Collaboration System
Lin, Zexin
Yu, Jiachen
Zhang, Haoyang
Li, Yuzhao
Li, Zhonghang
Yang, Yujiu
Wang, Junjie
Ji, Xiaoqiang
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Large language models are enabling language-conditioned agents in interactive environments, but highly cooperative tasks often impose two simultaneous constraints: sub-second real-time coordination and sustained multi-episode adaptation under a strict online token budget. Existing approaches either rely on frequent in-episode reasoning that induces latency and timing jitter, or deliver post-episode improvements through unstructured text that is difficult to compile into reliable low-cost execution. We propose CoWork-X, an active co-evolution framework that casts peer collaboration as a closed-loop optimization problem across episodes, inspired by fast--slow memory separation. CoWork-X instantiates a Skill-Agent that executes via HTN (hierarchical task network)-based skill retrieval from a structured, interpretable, and compositional skill library, and a post-episode Co-Optimizer that performs patch-style skill consolidation with explicit budget constraints and drift regularization. Experiments in challenging Overcooked-AI-like realtime collaboration benchmarks demonstrate that CoWork-X achieves stable, cumulative performance gains while steadily reducing online latency and token usage.
title CoWork-X: Experience-Optimized Co-Evolution for Multi-Agent Collaboration System
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05004