FlowBank (NeurIPS 2026): precomputed workflow portfolios give agents query-level adaptivity at task-level cost
furongh · x · 2026-10-06
Responding to OpenAI's report of 10,000 agents collaborating on Navier–Stokes, the authors present FlowBank, accepted at NeurIPS 2026.
- Question: when agents work in teams, which ways of working are worth reusing, and when should each be used?
- Key insight: a workflow that loses on average can still solve what the average winner misses
- Method: FlowBank precomputes a diverse workflow portfolio and picks the right one per query, delivering query-level adaptivity at task-level cost, while learning which workflows to keep and when to use each
A thread worth reading for teams designing multi-agent workflows.
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