Agent collaboration becomes useful when responsibilities are clear. Each agent needs enough context to complete its part of the work without receiving unnecessary access to everything the organisation knows.
Share the context, not the confusion
The system should pass a bounded task, the relevant evidence and the expected output to the selected agent. That keeps the handoff understandable and reduces the risk of one agent silently changing another agent's intent.
Keep actions attributable
When an agent writes knowledge, changes a workflow or prepares content, the outcome should retain its source and review history. Attribution makes it possible to audit what happened and decide whether the result should become durable.
Design for recovery
Collaboration also needs clear failure states. A partial result, unavailable source or expired connection should be visible to the next agent and to the person supervising the work.