# Agentic recommender systems

Area: [LLM agents and tool use](https://mlsanity.com/agents/index.md). HTML: https://mlsanity.com/agents/agentic-recommender-systems/

## Key facts

- Agentic recommender systems: 140 papers on arXiv since 2023 (data through 7 Oct 2026).
- 49 of its 140 mapped papers (35%) cite “AgentCF: Collaborative Learning with Autonomous Language Agents for Recommender Systems” (2023, arXiv 2310.09233).
- 48 of its 140 mapped papers (34%) cite “RecMind: Large Language Model Powered Agent For Recommendation” (2023, arXiv 2308.14296).
- 10 new papers 17 Sep–7 Oct.

## Most cited here

- [AgentCF: Collaborative Learning with Autonomous Language Agents for Recommender Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.09233/) (2023), cited by 49 papers here
- [RecMind: Large Language Model Powered Agent For Recommendation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.14296/) (2023), cited by 48 papers here
- [Recommender AI Agent: Integrating Large Language Models for Interactive Recommendations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.16505/) (2023), cited by 47 papers here
- [MACRec: a Multi-Agent Collaboration Framework for Recommendation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.15235/) (2024), cited by 32 papers here
- [On Generative Agents in Recommendation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.10108/) (2023), cited by 29 papers here
- [A Survey on LLM-powered Agents for Recommender Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.10050/) (2025), cited by 25 papers here
- [A Multi-Agent Conversational Recommender System](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.01135/) (2024), cited by 21 papers here
- [RAH! RecSys-Assistant-Human: A Human-Centered Recommendation Framework with LLM Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.09904/) (2023), cited by 16 papers here
- [iAgent: LLM Agent as a Shield between User and Recommender Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.14662/) (2025), cited by 13 papers here
- [A Survey of Large Language Model Empowered Agents for Recommendation and Search: Towards Next-Generation Information Retrieval](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.05659/) (2025), cited by 13 papers here

## New (17 Sep–7 Oct)

- [Personal-Agent Mediated Recommendation with Cross-Platform User History](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.07588/) (2026-10-06)
- [AgentWebRec: Compact Evidence Fusion over the Agent Web for Personalized Recommendation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.01705/) (2026-10-01)
- [RealWorldShop: Benchmarking and Improving Conversational Shopping Agents in Real-World E-commerce](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.38974/) (2026-09-30)
- [VirusCascade: Hijacking Collaborative Reflection in LLM-Powered Recommender Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.38270/) (2026-09-29)
- [ReMem: Rethinking Perception and Memory in Long-Context Recommendation Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.37311/) (2026-09-29)
- [AdaptArena: Evaluating Test-Time Personalization of Web Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.36488/) (2026-09-29)
- [AgentRecommender: LLM Agents Enable Customizable Recommender Systems on the User Side](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.31166/) (2026-09-25)
- [RecToolBench: Benchmarking Recommendation-Specific Tool Orchestration under Fuzzy User Intent](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.30717/) (2026-09-25)
- [AutoResearch at Production Scale: Failure Modes and a Multi-Agent Framework](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.30541/) (2026-09-24)
- [Advancing Model Research in AgentX: Long-Horizon Autonomy for Industrial Recommender Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2609.30001/) (2026-09-24)