LLM Agent Planning

LLM: Large Language Model

Overview

LLM agent planning studies how language models can turn instructions into sequences of actions that achieve goals in tools, software, websites, and physical or simulated environments. Common approaches include ReAct-style plan-and-act loops, hierarchical subgoals and skill graphs, symbolic planners such as PDDL, search methods such as tree search, and world models that predict action outcomes; reinforcement learning and trajectory feedback are also used to improve these systems. Evaluations span web and GUI navigation, coding, household tasks, games, and tool-use benchmarks, increasingly testing long horizons, changing conditions, tool failures, and resource costs. A central challenge is that a plausible plan does not guarantee faithful or safe execution: agents must track state, ground tool arguments, verify results, and recover when assumptions or plans fail.

Latest papers

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225 papers38 papers in the last four weeks, up 100% on the four weeks before. 0.2% of all new papers.

  1. AtomTree: A Hierarchical Framework for State-Aware Embodied Instruction Following with LLMs

    Oct 28, 2026Haotian Zhai, Tianming Sha, Junnan LiLarge Language Model-Based Robot PlanningLLM Agent Planning

  2. IntentDelta: A Human-Constructed Benchmark for Evolving User Intent

    Oct 24, 2026Jieyu Zhou, Zijian Wang, Yun WangLLM Agent EvaluationAI Agent Benchmarks

  3. MemPlan: Memory-Conditioned PDDL Planning for Partially Observable Text Environments

    Oct 21, 2026Tengwei Song, Robert HoehndorfLLM Agent PlanningSymbolic Planning

  4. PAUSE: Search-Free Steering of Coding Agents Before Their First Source-Code Edit

    Oct 21, 2026Viral Patel, Boyin Tan, Jason Xue +1Coding AgentsLLM Agent Workflow Optimization

  5. An Evidence-Driven Multi-Agent Compound AI System for Head and Neck Proton Radiotherapy Planning

    Oct 21, 2026Qingqing Wang, Liqiang Xiao, Chang ChangLLM Agent PlanningMulti-Agent LLM Systems

  6. Self-Improving Agents with World Model Predictive Paths

    Oct 20, 2026Haori Lu, Tianyu Gao, Yaoyao Liu +1Self-Improving AgentsLLM Agent Planning

  7. Train An Imaginative Agent

    Oct 19, 2026Jiaxin Ge, Junyi Zhang, Tianning Chai +9LLM Agent PlanningModel-Based Planning

  8. M-Plan: Comprehensive Planning For LLM Agents with Memory Arrangement

    Oct 19, 2026Ziyang Liu, Jiakang Yuan, Jiayuan Fan +1Multi-Agent LLM SystemsMemory Management for LLM Agents

  9. StepBench: Diagnosing Real-World Procedural Understanding in AI Agents

    Oct 19, 2026Hossein A. Rahmani, Bin Wu, Chaeeun Lee +6Process-Based Agent EvaluationAI Agent Benchmarks

  10. DiffuPlan: Editable Planning State for Diffusion Language Model Agents

    Oct 17, 2026Qisheng Zhou, Zhen Xiong, Qiaoyu TanLLM AgentsLLM Agent Planning

  11. Adaptation of Computer Use Agents to New Software with User Manuals

    Oct 16, 2026Chulhoon Yoon, Kyungri Park, Jinyeong Yun +3Computer-Use AgentsLLM Agent Training

  12. TreeFlex: Agents Navigating Their Own Search Trees

    Oct 14, 2026Dongzhuo Li, Fangzhou Cheng, Weiwei Li +8Memory Management for LLM AgentsLLM Agents

  13. EvoWeave: Composing Reusable Agent Experience through Operation Level Graphs

    Oct 14, 2026Guanhua Zhu, Bo Shen, Lei Zhang +4Agent MemoryLLM Agent Memory

  14. ChunkAct: Action Chunking for Agentic Robotics

    Oct 13, 2026Bingxin Xu, Wenrui Bao, Xinxin Liu +3Agentic AI for RoboticsRobotics

  15. AutoMARS: Automatic and Scalable Multi-Agent Large Language Model Framework for Supply Chain Risk Assessment

    Oct 12, 2026Yinzhu Quan, Zefang Liu, Frederick Benaben +1Supply Chain ManagementLLM Agents

  16. Think in Strategies, Act with Tools: Traceable Agentic Optimization for Combinatorial Problems

    Oct 10, 2026Zhongnian Li, Shi Xu, Peng Ying +3Large Language Model-Guided OptimizationLLM Agent Workflow Optimization

  17. Travel Back To Move Forward: Retrospective Exploration and Evolving for Long Horizon Agents

    Oct 9, 2026Ziang Ye, Wentao Shi, Lei Chen +7Long-Horizon LLM AgentsLLM Agent Planning

  18. ShanLiangRen: A Nutrition Agent for Personalized Daily Meal Planning

    Oct 6, 2026Miao Xie, Xiao Zhang, Yuan Wang +2Multi-Objective OptimizationLLM Agent Planning

  19. OntoPlan: An Ontology-Grounded Scene Representation and Agentic Framework for Scalable Robot Task Planning

    Oct 6, 2026Hyeongwoo Nam, Woongje Cho, Juwon Kim +1Large Language Model-Based Robot PlanningRobot Task Planning

  20. Topology-Consistent Task Planning over Cellular Workflow Complexes for LLM-based Agents

    Oct 4, 2026Sen Zhao, Jia Tang, Ruiqi Kong +6Tool-Use PlanningLLM Agent Planning

  21. Toward a Locally Deployable Agentic Co-Scientist: Small-Model Planning for Early-Stage Drug Discovery

    Oct 3, 2026Tian Liang, Jiayu Chang, Alejandro F. Frangi +2LLM Tool UseLLM Agent Planning

  22. HazardWeaver: Scientific Route Selection for Hazard Analysis Agents

    Oct 2, 2026Wangshu Zhu, Xueqi Cheng, Liang Wu +1LLM Agent PlanningAI Agents for Scientific Discovery

  23. Beyond Correctness: Resolving Underspecification in Agentic Text-to-SQL

    Oct 2, 2026Wen-Zhi Li, Yue Gong, Konstantinos Kanellis +1Text-to-SQLClarification Question Generation

  24. Spatial Strategies, Not Actions: Vector-Quantized Geodesics as Tools for LLM-Driven Agents

    Sep 30, 2026Gabriel TuriniciLLM Agent Skill LearningTool-Using Agents

  25. JevSpawn: Adaptive Agentic Inference through Compositional Action Spaces

    Sep 30, 2026Haoyang Su, Weiran HuangEfficient Language Model InferenceLLM Agent Planning

  26. DAGent: Evaluate-then-Grow Planning for Deep Research Agents

    Sep 30, 2026Hanwen Liu, Yuanfu Sun, Qiaoyu TanMulti-Agent LLM SystemsDeep Research Agents