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AppAgent-Pro: A Proactive GUI Agent System for Multidomain Information Integration and User Assistance

arXiv 2508.18689 ↗First posted 26 Aug 2025cs.AIcited by 6

On the map: LLM agents and tool use → GUI and mobile agents

Abstract (arXiv)

Large language model (LLM)-based agents have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in addressing complex tasks, thereby enabling more advanced information retrieval and supporting deeper, more sophisticated human information-seeking behaviors. However, most existing agents operate in a purely reactive manner, responding passively to user instructions, which significantly constrains their effectiveness and efficiency as general-purpose platforms for information acquisition. To overcome this limitation, this paper proposes AppAgent-Pro, a proactive GUI agent system that actively integrates multi-domain information based on user instructions. This approach enables the system to proactively anticipate users' underlying needs and conduct in-depth multi-domain information mining, thereby facilitating the acquisition of more comprehensive and intelligent information. AppAgent-Pro has the potential to fundamentally redefine information acquisition in daily life, leading to a profound impact on human society. Our code is available at: https://github.com/LaoKuiZe/AppAgent-Pro. The demonstration video could be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hvzqo5vnusg66srydzixo/AppAgent-Pro-demo-video.mp4?rlkey=o2nlfqgq6ihl125mcqg7bpgqu&st=d29vrzii&dl=0.

Key facts. Cited by 6 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in GUI and mobile agents, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 9 of its 17 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 26 Aug 2025.

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9 of 17 references.

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  1. 2025AppAgentX: Evolving GUI Agents as Proficient Smartphone Users4 Mar
  2. 2025Mobile-Agent-E: Self-Evolving Mobile Assistant for Complex Tasks20 Jan
  3. 2024Mobile-Agent-v2: Mobile Device Operation Assistant with Effective Navigation via Multi-Agent Collaboration3 Jun

Other references · 6

  1. 2023MetaGPT: Meta Programming for A Multi-Agent Collaborative Frameworkcited by 1,808
  2. 2023HuggingGPT: Solving AI Tasks with ChatGPT and its Friends in Hugging Facecited by 1,190
  3. 2023Auto-GPT for Online Decision Making: Benchmarks and Additional Opinionscited by 255
  4. 2024Proactive Agent: Shifting LLM Agents from Reactive Responses to Active Assistancecited by 87
  5. 2024Ask-before-Plan: Proactive Language Agents for Real-World Planningcited by 60
  6. 2025MobileSteward: Integrating Multiple App-Oriented Agents with Self-Evolution to Automate Cross-App Instructionscited by 16

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  1. 2025ProAgent: Harnessing On-Demand Sensory Contexts for Proactive LLM Agent Systems in the Wild
  2. 2025PG-Agent: An Agent Powered by Page Graph
  3. 2024GUI Agents with Foundation Models: A Comprehensive Survey
  4. 2024Large Language Model-Brained GUI Agents: A Survey
  5. 2026Report on The 1st Workshop on Human-Centered Proactive and Personalized Agents for Interactive Information Access at CHIIR 2026
  6. 2025A Survey of WebAgents: Towards Next-Generation AI Agents for Web Automation with Large Foundation Models
  7. 2024AppAgent v2: Advanced Agent for Flexible Mobile Interactions
  8. 2026ProAgentBench: Evaluating LLM Agents for Proactive Assistance with Real-World Data