Agents Accessing Each Other's Knowledge Sources Despite Explicit Scoping

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Hi everyone,

I’m running into what seems like a bug or a misunderstanding around how knowledge_sources are scoped per agent. According to CrewAI documentation on knowledge, each agent should only access the knowledge sources explicitly assigned to it.

:white_check_mark: What I Expect:

Each agent has a different domain (e.g., climbing, to-dos, finance) and is passed its own isolated knowledge sources like this:

Agent(
  config=...,
  knowledge_sources=[climbing_txts, climbing_jsons],
  llm=self.llm
)

And similarly for other agents. I do not pass any knowledge_sources at the crew level.

:cross_mark: What Actually Happens:

When the crew runs, agents seem to access all knowledge, even sources not assigned to them. For example:

  • My climbing_task_proposer agent retrieves tasks from todo/tasks.json, even though it was never given access to it.
  • This happens even with clearly separated file paths and agent logic.
  • Every agent seems to have access to everything in the knowledge folder.

:magnifying_glass_tilted_left: Debug Info:

  • I’m seeing log output like:

bash

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Retrieved Knowledge:
todo/tasks.json...

…while executing a climbing-only agent task.

:red_question_mark:Questions:

  • Is this a known issue in CrewAI?
  • Is agent-specific knowledge currently functioning as intended?
  • Any workaround to strictly isolate agent knowledge?

Would love insight from anyone who’s worked through this

Thanks in advance :folded_hands: