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This research introduces RELIC, a framework that enables multi-agent systems to coordinate effectively while keeping their internal code private. By abstracting successful behaviors into portable principles rather than sharing executable policies, the method solves critical challenges in privacy-constrained cooperation and heterogeneous skill transfer. The approach represents a significant step forward for scalable AI agent ecosystems where independent development must still yield unified performance.
RELIC: Revealed Principles for Learning Interpretable Composable Skills in Multi-Agent Planning
arXiv:2607.16745v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-agent planning becomes substantially harder when agents must improve specialized decision-making skills while keeping their internal implementations private. This regime arises when agents are developed independently, expose different interfaces and capabilities, and must nevertheless coordinate without sharing executable policies. Prior research has largely assumed centralized optimization, shared policy access, or common skill representations, making it poorly suited to privacy-constrained cooperation. We introduce RELIC, a framework for learning interpretable and composable skills via revealed principles. Each agent refines its own programmatic skill through private LLM-guided search, while a trusted orchestrator evaluates proposed updates solely through team-level performance. Successful behaviors are not broadcast as code; instead, they are abstracted into portable principles that other agents can instantiate within their own interfaces and recombine with local strategies. This separates coordination from implementation sharing, enabling cross-agent transfer under heterogeneous skill signatures. RELIC thus introduces a new paradigm for privacy-preserving skill learning and coordination in multi-agent planning.
Abstract:Multi-agent planning becomes substantially harder when agents must improve specialized decision-making skills while keeping their internal implementations private. This regime arises when agents are developed independently, expose different interfaces and capabilities, and must nevertheless coordinate without sharing executable policies. Prior research has largely assumed centralized optimization, shared policy access, or common skill representations, making it poorly suited to privacy-constrained cooperation. We introduce RELIC, a framework for learning interpretable and composable skills via revealed principles. Each agent refines its own programmatic skill through private LLM-guided search, while a trusted orchestrator evaluates proposed updates solely through team-level performance. Successful behaviors are not broadcast as code; instead, they are abstracted into portable principles that other agents can instantiate within their own interfaces and recombine with local strategies. This separates coordination from implementation sharing, enabling cross-agent transfer under heterogeneous skill signatures. RELIC thus introduces a new paradigm for privacy-preserving skill learning and coordination in multi-agent planning.
Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
arXiv:2607.16745 [cs.AI]
(or arXiv:2607.16745v1 [cs.AI] for this version)
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