# LLM agents and tool use

15,835 papers in 16 research directions. Data through 7 Oct 2026.
HTML: https://mlsanity.com/agents/

## Directions (largest first)

- [General LLM agent frameworks and benchmarks](https://mlsanity.com/agents/general-llm-agent-frameworks-and-benchmarks/index.md): 2,917 papers, 19 new this week
- [Agent threats, guardrails and governance](https://mlsanity.com/agents/agent-threats-guardrails-and-governance/index.md): 2,092 papers, 28 new this week
- [Software engineering coding agents](https://mlsanity.com/agents/software-engineering-coding-agents/index.md): 2,041 papers, 32 new this week
- [Web, search, and research agents](https://mlsanity.com/agents/web-search-and-research-agents/index.md): 1,671 papers, 14 new this week
- [Multimodal and embodied agents](https://mlsanity.com/agents/multimodal-and-embodied-agents/index.md): 1,469 papers, 19 new this week
- [Social simulation and multi-agent debate](https://mlsanity.com/agents/social-simulation-and-multi-agent-debate/index.md): 1,066 papers, 9 new this week
- [Medical and scientific domain agents](https://mlsanity.com/agents/medical-and-scientific-domain-agents/index.md): 902 papers, 9 new this week
- [Reinforcement learning for LLM agents](https://mlsanity.com/agents/reinforcement-learning-for-llm-agents/index.md): 850 papers, 16 new this week
- [Agent memory systems](https://mlsanity.com/agents/agent-memory-systems/index.md): 718 papers, 19 new this week
- [GUI and mobile agents](https://mlsanity.com/agents/gui-and-mobile-agents/index.md): 504 papers, 2 new this week
- [Tool learning and function calling](https://mlsanity.com/agents/tool-learning-and-function-calling/index.md): 456 papers, 7 new this week
- [Financial trading and forecasting agents](https://mlsanity.com/agents/financial-trading-and-forecasting-agents/index.md): 399 papers, 3 new this week
- [Agent skill learning and evolution](https://mlsanity.com/agents/agent-skill-learning-and-evolution/index.md): 259 papers, 10 new this week
- [Educational agents and math problem solving](https://mlsanity.com/agents/educational-agents-and-math-problem-solving/index.md): 233 papers, 2 new this week
- [Agentic recommender systems](https://mlsanity.com/agents/agentic-recommender-systems/index.md): 140 papers, 1 new this week
- [Agentic AI for wireless networks](https://mlsanity.com/agents/agentic-ai-for-wireless-networks/index.md): 118 papers, 3 new this week