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The core differences between local-first agents and swarm-style agents are reflected at three levels: execution location (inference and tool calls are completed locally, and data never leaves the machine), collaboration topology (a single agent extends its capabilities internally through tool chains rather than communicating across models), and state management (context and memory are stored in the local file system rather than in remote session storage).
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