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Four-Module Factorization of Canonical and Recursive Agent Scaffolds

The four-module protocol Π\Pi maps heterogeneous agent architectures into comparable coordinates within the product space M×P×A×F\mathfrak{M} \times \mathfrak{P} \times \mathfrak{A} \times \mathfrak{F}, demonstrating the expressive breadth of the modular design space:

  • Canonical ReAct: Formalized as hReAct=(Mfull,P∅,Areact,Fall)h_{\text{ReAct}} = (M_{\text{full}}, P_{\emptyset}, A_{\text{react}}, F_{\text{all}}), retaining complete unmanaged history (MfullM_{\text{full}}), omitting an explicit planner via a null directive (P_{emptyset}), utilizing the standard reasoning-action loop (AreactA_{\text{react}}), and exposing the unrestricted tool/skill registry (FallF_{\text{all}}).
  • Engineered ReAct Variants: Formalized as (Mcompact,Ptodo,Areact,Fall)(M_{\text{compact}}, P_{\text{todo}}, A_{\text{react}}, F_{\text{all}}), where execution retains a ReAct-style action kernel (AreactA_{\text{react}}), but incorporates working-memory compression near the context limit (McompactM_{\text{compact}}) and maintains an explicit task agenda (PtodoP_{\text{todo}}).
  • Recursive Agent Architectures: Formalized as hrec=(Msubproblem,Pdecomp,Arec,Froute)h_{\text{rec}} = (M_{\text{subproblem}}, P_{\text{decomp}}, A_{\text{rec}}, F_{\text{route}}), where the orchestrator decomposes subproblems into a todo agenda (PdecompP_{\text{decomp}}), spawns subagents via recursive execution (ArecA_{\text{rec}}), maintains isolated memory contexts for each subagent (MsubproblemM_{\text{subproblem}}), and routes scoped tool/skill subsets to subagents (FrouteF_{\text{route}}).

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