LISA Technical Report: An Agentic Framework for Smart Contract Auditing
On the map: LLM agents and tool use → Agent threats, guardrails and governance
Abstract (arXiv)
We present LISA, an agentic smart contract vulnerability detection framework that combines rule-based and logic-based methods to address a broad spectrum of vulnerabilities in smart contracts. LISA leverages data from historical audit reports to learn the detection experience (without model fine-tuning), enabling it to generalize learned patterns to unseen projects and evolving threat profiles. In our evaluation, LISA significantly outperforms both LLM-based approaches and traditional static analysis tools, achieving superior coverage of vulnerability types and higher detection accuracy. Our results suggest that LISA offers a compelling solution for industry: delivering more reliable and comprehensive vulnerability detection while reducing the dependence on manual effort.
Key facts. Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Agent threats, guardrails and governance, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 5 of its 15 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 29 Sep 2025.
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- 2024Combining Fine-Tuning and LLM-based Agents for Intuitive Smart Contract Auditing with Justifications24 Mar
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- 2019Slither: A Static Analysis Framework For Smart Contractscited by 89
- 2024PropertyGPT: LLM-driven Formal Verification of Smart Contracts through Retrieval-Augmented Property Generationcited by 37
- 2023Do you still need a manual smart contract audit?cited by 35
- 2024Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Tools for Smart Contracts: How Far Are We?cited by 5
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