“I encountered similar issues before I built Foremerge, ie auto router, orchestrater and shared blackboard type memory structure. The agents were aware of what was put into memory but still did their own thing and created conflicts.”
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From “Shared blackboard memory didn't stop agents doing their own thing”, found 2026-10-27.
Reading memory is not the same as obeying it. A blackboard tells agents what others are doing; it doesn't stop them acting anyway. The same thread has a user running up to ~25 sessions who says his blackboard skills "haven't earned their keep", which supports the point from the other side. Worth setting against the memory tools in the log that assume visibility alone prevents collisions. Claim is the vendor's own, from a Show HN reply.
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