TALM: Dynamic Tree-Structured Multi-Agent Framework with Long-Term Memory for Scalable Code Generation

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Authors: Ming-Tung Shen, Yuh-Jzer Joung
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Abstract

Agentic code generation requires large language models (LLMs) capable of complex context management and multi-step reasoning. Prior multi-agent frameworks attempt to address these challenges through collaboration, yet they often suffer from rigid workflows and high reasoning recovery costs. To overcome these limitations, we propose TALM (Tree-Structured Multi-Agent Framework with Long-Term Memory), a dynamic framework that integrates structured task decomposition, localized re-reasoning, and long-term memory mechanisms. TALM employs an extensible tree-based collaboration structure. The parent-child relationships, when combined with a divide-and-conquer strategy, enhance reasoning flexibility and enable efficient error correction across diverse task scopes. Furthermore, a long-term memory module enables semantic querying and integration of prior knowledge, supporting implicit self-improvement through experience reuse. Experimental results on HumanEval, BigCodeBench, and ClassEval benchmarks demonstrate that TALM consistently delivers strong reasoning performance and high token efficiency, highlighting its robustness and practical utility in complex code generation tasks.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Topic Modeling Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Natural Language Processing Techniques

Publication details

Journal / source
Proceedings of the 2026 International Workshop on Agentic Engineering
Publisher
ACM
Pages
144–151
Publication date
12 April 2026