overagent

English

Etymology

over- +‎ agent

Noun

overagent (plural overagents)

  1. (artificial intelligence) A coordinating agent that supervises, manages, or orchestrates the actions of multiple subordinate agents within a complex system.
    In multi-AI‑agent networks, the overagent maintains global awareness and assigns roles dynamically to optimize performance.

Quotations

  • 2025, Jason MacNaughton, “Neural Choreography: Designing AI Systems That Collaboratively Predict, Adapt, and Execute in Fluid Motion,” LinkedIn, line 6, January 9, 2025:
“Central to this vision is the concept of an OverAgent, a supervisory AI assistant that orchestrates a swarm of specialist AI agents…”
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  • 2025, Jinhua Piao et al., “AgentSociety: Large-Scale Simulation of LLM-Driven Generative Agents Advances Understanding of Human Behaviors and Society,” arXiv:2502.08691v1, line 1777 of the HTML source:
“Pre-Simulation Configuration start_ARROW overAgent Settings → end_ARROW Agent Behavior Start”
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  • 2019, Aurora Springer, Alarik (Taxyon Space #4) (→ISBN), Chapter 1:
“Webale said, ‘You may stand, Overagent Tallis.’”
Author’s blog excerpt (Dec 4, 2019)
Admin note: The term *overAgent* does not appear in the PDF but **is visible in the HTML source code** of the arXiv preprint on this page, specifically on line 1777. This is a configuration label in a real-world multi-agent orchestration system.

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