v0.4.0 — Multi-Agent Cooperation

Multiple agents working together on a single task.

Local (Ollama)

ID	Feature	Files	Detail
COOP-01	Team-lead delegation	core/orchestrator.py, core/cooperation.py	Team-lead on qwen2.5-coder decomposes tasks and delegates to sub-agents
COOP-02	Parallel agent execution	core/orchestrator.py, core/agent.py	Backend + frontend agents run on separate Ollama models simultaneously via asyncio.gather
COOP-03	Shared context store	core/context_store.py (new)	Agents publish artifacts (code, specs, API contracts) that others can read
COOP-04	Agent-to-agent messages	core/cooperation.py, dashboard/events.py	Message passing visible in the inter-agent communication panel
COOP-05	Dependency graph	core/orchestrator.py	Orchestrator respects ordering (e.g., backend API must complete before frontend uses it)

Cloud (OpenRouter)

ID	Feature	Files	Detail
COOP-06	Hybrid cooperation	core/orchestrator.py	Team-lead on cloud (Qwen 3.5 Plus), sub-agents on local Ollama
COOP-07	Cloud escalation	core/orchestrator.py, core/agent.py	If local agent stalls (max retries), auto-escalate to cloud model
COOP-08	Cross-provider artifacts	core/context_store.py	Local and cloud agents share the same context store
COOP-09	Conflict resolution	core/cooperation.py	When 2 agents (local + cloud) modify same file, team-lead resolves
COOP-10	Progress tracking	dashboard/static/, dashboard/events.py	Real-time progress bar per agent with provider badge (local/cloud)

Implementation Notes

COOP-03 (Shared context store) is the key dependency — most other features build on it.

core/context_store.py:
  class ContextStore:
      async def publish(agent: str, key: str, artifact: Any)
      async def get(key: str) -> Any
      async def list_artifacts() -> list[str]
      async def subscribe(key_pattern: str) -> AsyncIterator[Artifact]

COOP-07 (Cloud escalation) requires changes to Agent.execute():

• After max_retries_per_approach failures, check if an escalation provider is configured
• If yes, swap provider and retry
• Emit agent.escalated event for dashboard visibility