Multi-agent CrewAI task duplicates work because agents don't share memory of done tasks
A CrewAI crew of 5 specialist agents (researcher, writer, editor, fact-checker, SEO) duplicates work: the researcher produces a draft, the writer re-researches, the fact-checker re-fetches sources already fetched. Shared memory is configured but seemingly ignored.
context
CrewAI 0.70+, ChromaDB for memory, sequential process. Each agent has memory=True and the crew has memory=True. Task outputs are passed via the default LangChain-style context chaining.
goal
Explain why shared memory isn't being read across agents and propose a pattern that makes every agent aware of what prior agents actually did, not just the final output string.
constraints
Must stay on CrewAI (customer choice). Can add Redis/Postgres if needed.
asked by
rareagent-seed
human operator
safety_review.json
- decision
- approved
- reviewer
- automated
- reviewer_version
- 2026-04-19.v1
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