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  1. An Empirical Study of Harness Design for Coding Agents

    Sep 17, 2026Run-Ze Fan, Zihao Zhang, Simin Ma +6Coding AgentsAgent Harness Optimization

    UMass Amherst · Emory University · UNC Charlotte

  2. Ask the Tool, Don't Guess: Agent Tool Calls Hold Their Progress, and the Serving System Should Read It

    Sep 16, 2026Yipeng Liu, Yingqiang Zhang, Feifei Li +1LLM Inference EfficiencyKV Caching

    Tsinghua University, China · Alibaba Cloud Computing, China · Zhejiang University, China

  3. TuiML: Machine Learning for AI Agents

    Sep 16, 2026Nilesh Verma, Nick Lim, Albert Bifet +1Tool-Using AgentsML Reproducibility

    AI Institute, University of Waikato Hamilton 3216, New Zealand · LTCI, T´el´ecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris 19 place Marguerite Perey, 91120 Palaiseau, France

  4. When Tool Calls Succeed but Workflows Fail: Anomalies at the Agent-Tool Boundary

    Sep 14, 2026Artem Trofimov, Boris NovikovAgent Failure AnalysisAgentic Workflows

    AVIV Group · Independent Researcher

  5. Semantic-TVM: Structure-Preserving Trustworthy Virtual Memory for Memory-Augmented and Tool-Using Agents

    Sep 14, 2026Yu Li, Qikun Cai, Tao Huang +1Agent MemoryPrivacy-Preserving Language Models

    School of Computer and Big Data, MinJiang University Fuzhou, China

  6. ParaRecover: A Process-Level Benchmark for Error Localization and Recovery in Parallel Tool-Use Agents

    Sep 14, 2026Bowen Guan, Zhentao Yin, Yanming ShenLLM Agent EvaluationAI Agent Benchmarks

    School of Computer Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, China

  7. Earth-Agent-Pro: Towards Real-World Full-Chain Earth Observation with Agents

    Sep 14, 2026Zhutao Lv, Chenhao Dang, Yi Feng +5Remote SensingAI Agent Benchmarks

    Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University · Sun Yat-Sen University · Shanghai Jiao Tong University +3

  8. Fabrication After Tool Failure: Tool-Augmented Agents Assert Values Their Tools Did Not Return

    Sep 13, 2026Arham Sethi, Arsen Kenzhebayev, Saanvi Paturi +3Tool-Augmented Language Model AgentsDeception in Language Models

    The Shishukunj International School · Haileybury Astana · UWCSEA East Campus +2

  9. The Menu Is an Execution Prior: State-Path Tool Menus for Online Agents

    Sep 10, 2026Bo Yan, Weikai Lin, Song WangTool-Using AgentsLLM Tool Use

    Department of Computer Science & Institute of Artificial Intelligence, University of Central Florida · Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester

  10. From Version Conflicts to Decision Conflicts: Selective Revalidation for Long-Running AI Agents

    Sep 7, 2026Yongjian Lyu, Yang Ren, Ruofei Lai +1Tool-Using AgentsRuntime Enforcement for AI Agents

    Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. United Kingdom · Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an 710049, China

  11. From Monolithic Blending to Agentic Orchestration: Dynamic Response for Conversational Assistants at Scale

    Sep 4, 2026Cen Mia Zhao, Peng Wang, Chuan Shi +6Customer Support AutomationLLM Agent Orchestration

    Airbnb, Inc.

  12. Speculative Macro Commit for Faster Tool-Using Agents

    Sep 3, 2026Zeyu Liu, Souvik Kundu, Peter A. BeerelTool-Augmented Language Model AgentsLLM Agent Workflow Optimization

    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA · Intel Labs, San Diego, USA

  13. Source-Dependent Deference in Medical Imaging Agents Under Falsified Findings: A Pilot Audit

    Aug 30, 2026Ridam Roy, Md Shahriar Rashid, Md. Rajib MiaTool-Use EvaluationMedical VQA

    Daffodil International University Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Boise State University Boise, Idaho, USA

  14. Robustness Analysis of Agentic AI to Inconsistent and Incomplete Tool Responses

    Aug 24, 2026Jiachen Xu, Torben Bach Pedersen, Zhongming Yao +2Agent Failure AnalysisAI Agent Reliability

    Department of Computer Science Aalborg University Aalborg, Denmark · College of Computer Science and Technology Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China · School of Information Science and Engineering Northeastern University Shenyang, China

  15. One Success Isn't Reliability: Thinkingbox, a Sandbox and Benchmark for Agents in Stateful Business Workflows

    Aug 20, 2026Zhuochun Li, Youngmin Ko, Ali Keramati +11Business Process AutomationAI Agent Benchmarks

    University of Pittsburgh · Northwestern University · University of California, Irvine +1

  16. PIPES: Securing Agent Perception with Provenance and Priors

    Aug 13, 2026Sanjay Kariyappa, Severin Klingler, G. Edward SuhData ProvenanceAI Agent Security

    NVIDIA

  17. SteerBench-Work: A Benchmark for Agent Steering at Action Boundaries

    Aug 12, 2026Oguz Serdar, Cuneyt MertayakLLM Agent EvaluationTool-Using Agents

    AgentDock

  18. Actions Speak Louder than Words: Measuring Cross-Lingual Policy Retention in Tool-Using Agents

    Aug 11, 2026Sourabrata Mukherjee, Kalika Bali, Sunayana SitaramMultilingual Language Model EvaluationTool-Augmented Language Model Agents

    Microsoft Research India

  19. FlowScout: From Execution Feedback to Reliable Tool-Using Agent Workflows

    Aug 10, 2026Shuo Hao, You Lu, Bihuan Chen +1Agentic WorkflowsLLM Agent Workflow Optimization

    College of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Fudan University, China

  20. DOCSCHISEL: Adaptive Tool Documentation Optimization Framework for LLM Agents

    Aug 10, 2026You Lu, Kun Zhang, Bihuan Chen +1Tool-Augmented Language Model AgentsTool-Using Agents

    College of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Fudan University, China

  21. OmnilingualGAIA2: Evaluating the Multilingual Gap in Frontier AI Agents

    Aug 9, 2026Andrea Caciolai, Pere-Lluís Huguet Cabot, Chierh Cheng +11AI Agent EvaluationAI Agent Benchmarks

    Meta Superintelligence Labs

  22. The Scaffolding Matters More Than the Interface: A Controlled Comparison of MCP and CLI Tool Use Across Seven Agent Scaffoldings, Five Language Models, and One Software Task

    Aug 9, 2026Marc Alier Forment, María José Casañ Guerrero, Francisco José García-Peñalvo +1AI Coding AgentsLLM Agent Evaluation

    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain · Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), Salamanca, Spain · Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain

  23. WebRider: Persona-Conditioned Intent Controllers for Live-Web Assistance

    Aug 7, 2026Zhi Li, Tao Zhou, Yeqing Li +2LLM Agent EvaluationTool-Using Agents

    University of California, Los Angeles · Google

  24. When Do Prompt-Side Agent Playbooks Transfer? Accuracy, Cost, and Runtime Shift in Agent Deployment

    Aug 6, 2026Weihong Lin, Lin Sun, Xiangzheng ZhangLLM Agent EvaluationTool-Using Agents

    Beijing Qiyuan Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

  25. ETA: A New Agentic Paradigm for Embodied Tasks

    Aug 4, 2026Yitong Chen, Zezheng Huai, Sixian Li +7Tool-Using AgentsRobot Task Planning

    1Shanghai Innovation Institute · 2Fudan University · 3Jilin University +2

  26. SAT-Edge-Agent: Hardware-in-the-Loop Edge-Agent Orchestration for Onboard Satellite Intelligence

    Aug 4, 2026Longji He, Jeto XuEdge ComputingLLM Agent Orchestration

    OgCloud Limited, Guangzhou, GD, China · College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

  27. WeClawArena: An Auditable Sandbox and Benchmark for Cross-User Agents Collaboration and Security in Human-Centered Agent Networks

    Aug 4, 2026Prince Zizhuang Wang, Aojie Yuan, Haiyue Zhang +3Multi-Agent CollaborationAI Agent Security Benchmarks

    Carnegie Mellon University · University of Southern California · Arizona State University

  28. Towards Robust Tool Use in Agents via Experience-Driven Adaptive Guidance

    Aug 4, 2026Can Wang, Haoran Chen, Li Yu +4Tool-Using AgentsLLM Tool Use

    1Shandong Key Laboratory of Digital Service Computing Technology and Systems · 2Alibaba Token Hub · Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  29. ScrambleToolBench: Agents Search Exhaustively Even When Their Own Map Points to the Next Step

    Aug 3, 2026Vernon Toh, Navonil Majumder, Zhengyuan Liu +2LLM Agent EvaluationAI Agent Benchmarks

    DeCLaRe Lab, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore · Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

  30. Homebot: A Personal AI Agent for Conversational Home Assistance and Automation

    Aug 3, 2026Shengyuan Ye, Yixin Zhang, Han Liang +3Tool-Augmented Language Model AgentsTool-Using Agents

    Power Dispatching and Controlling Center, Guangdong Power Grid Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China · School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China · Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China