PROMPTS: Performance Optimization via Multi-Agent Planning for LLM Training and Serving¶
L1 profiler evidence ordering and constrained proposals; no Google TPU profiler or GSPMD.
Paper information¶
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Paper | Paper or original source |
| Institution | University of Maryland / Google (first author). |
| First public release | 2026-05-18 |
| Author code | No public author repository found as of 2026-09-14. |
| Local adapter or method key | prompts |
| Local reproduction code | src/auto_research/agent_research/latest_20260914.py |
Paper method and evidence¶
Coordinator, Analyzer and Proposal Agent jointly consult profiler and knowledge-base evidence, diagnose bottlenecks and propose explainable sharding changes.
flowchart LR
A[Profiler and knowledge base] --> B[Diagnose bottleneck]
B[Diagnose bottleneck] --> C[Propose constrained sharding]
Original paper figure¶
Figure 2 illustrates the multi-agent optimization flow. From the original paper; copyright remains with the authors.
Reported results¶
Paper reports up to 434% improvement on eight production workloads. Engineer selections always in top 3; top 1 hit 87.5%. Not a local run or inferred online A/B.
Local reproduction¶
MLSys 2026 Industry Track; repository identifier mlsys2026-prompts. Three-seed metrics use matched public fixtures and budget; only state transitions are validated.
