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AutoGen: Guardrails and Fix Patterns

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Use this page when your orchestration uses AutoGen (ConversableAgent, GroupChat, function tools) and you see tool loops, wrong snippets, role mixing, or answers that flip between runs. The table maps symptoms to exact WFGY fix pages and gives a minimal recipe you can paste.

Acceptance targets

  • ΔS(question, retrieved) ≤ 0.45
  • Coverage ≥ 0.70 to the intended section or record
  • λ stays convergent across 3 paraphrases and 2 seeds
  • E_resonance stays flat on long windows

Open these first


Typical breakpoints and the right fix

  • Function tool calls wait on each other or retry forever
    Fix: lock roles, add timeouts, and echo a strict JSON schema in every tool response.
    Open: Multi-Agent Problems · Logic Collapse

  • Two agents overwrite the same memory namespace
    Fix: stamp mem_rev and mem_hash, split read and write, forbid cross section reuse.
    Open: role-drift · memory-overwrite

  • High similarity yet wrong meaning
    Fix: metric or index mismatch, or mixed write and read embeddings.
    Open: Embedding ≠ Semantic

  • Hybrid stack worse than a single retriever
    Fix: lock two stage query and add a deterministic reranker.
    Open: Query Parsing Split · Rerankers

  • Facts exist in the store yet never show up
    Fix: fragmentation or sharding misalignment.
    Open: Vectorstore Fragmentation

  • Citations inconsistent across agents or steps
    Fix: require cite then explain and lock snippet fields.
    Open: Retrieval Traceability · Data Contracts

  • Long GroupChat runs change style and logic
    Fix: split the plan and rejoin with a BBCR bridge.
    Open: Context Drift · Entropy Collapse


Fix in 60 seconds

  1. Measure ΔS
    Compute ΔS(question, retrieved) and ΔS(retrieved, expected anchor).
    Stable < 0.40, transitional 0.40 to 0.60, risk ≥ 0.60.

  2. Probe λ_observe
    Do a k sweep in retrieval (5, 10, 20). If ΔS stays high and flat, suspect metric or index mismatch.
    Reorder prompt headers. If λ flips, lock the schema and clamp variance with BBAM.

  3. Apply the module

  1. Verify
    Coverage ≥ 0.70. ΔS ≤ 0.45. Three paraphrases and two seeds with λ convergent.

Minimal AutoGen topology with WFGY checks

# Pseudocode: focus on control points you must keep
from autogen import ConversableAgent, GroupChat, GroupChatManager

user = ConversableAgent("user", system_message="task only")
retriever = ConversableAgent("retriever", tools=[search_tool])
reasoner = ConversableAgent("reasoner", tools=[rag_tool])
auditor = ConversableAgent("auditor", system_message="cite-then-explain, schema-locked")

group = GroupChat(
    agents=[user, retriever, reasoner, auditor],
    messages=[],
    max_round=8,
    speaker_selection_method="auto"
)
manager = GroupChatManager(groupchat=group)

# guardrails to add around the loop:
# 1) every tool result must echo the JSON schema
# 2) each step writes {snippet_id, section_id, source_url, offsets, tokens}
# 3) after generation run WFGY checks and stop if ΔS ≥ 0.60 or λ divergent

What this enforces

  • Tools return strict JSON and echo the schema. Free text cannot pollute arguments.
  • Snippet fields are fixed and citations come first.
  • Post generation WFGY checks can halt the run when ΔS is high or λ flips.

Specs and recipes RAG Architecture & Recovery · Retrieval Playbook · Retrieval Traceability · Data Contracts


AutoGen specific gotchas

  • Function schema is too loose and allows mixed JSON and free text. Lock parameters and echo schema on every call. See Prompt Injection

  • GroupChat runs are too long and entropy rises. Split the plan and rejoin with a BBCR bridge. See Context Drift

  • Shared memory overwrites between agents. Add mem_rev and mem_hash, forbid cross section reuse. See memory-overwrite

  • Retrieval and rerank are inconsistent across agents. Unify analyzer and metric or add a reranker. See Rerankers


When to escalate

  • ΔS remains ≥ 0.60 Rebuild the index using the checklists and verify with a small gold set. Retrieval Playbook

  • Identical input yields different answers across runs Check version skew and session state. Pre-Deploy Collapse


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