draft-song-dmsc-problem-statement

Problem Statement and Requirements for Dynamic Multi-agent Secured Collaboration (DMSC)

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Current LLM-based AI agent systems require each agent to implement communication capabilities (service discovery, encryption) and collaboration logic (e.g., task delegation decisions), leading to code bloat, security risks, and inefficient resource usage in cloud- native and hybrid-cloud deployments. This fragmentation impedes scalable multi-agent application development, especially in multi- tenant scenarios where inconsistent security policies and cross- domain connectivity barriers arise. This document analyzes these challenges and proposes requirements for a Dynamic Multi-agent Secured Collaboration (DMSC) infrastructure. DMSC leverages a centralized gateway layer to offload secured communication, cross- domain connectivity, multi-tenant policy enforcement, and dynamic collaboration assistance - enabling developers to focus solely on agent core functionality while ensuring consistent security, interoperability, and operational efficiency across heterogeneous environments.