mlsanityData to 7 Oct 2026

TraceSIR: A Multi-Agent Framework for Structured Analysis and Reporting of Agentic Execution Traces

arXiv 2603.00623 ↗First posted 28 Feb 2026cs.AI cs.CLcited by 2

On the map: LLM agents and tool use → Software engineering coding agents

Abstract (arXiv)

Agentic systems augment large language models with external tools and iterative decision making, enabling complex tasks such as deep research, function calling, and coding. However, their long and intricate execution traces make failure diagnosis and root cause analysis extremely challenging. Manual inspection does not scale, while directly applying LLMs to raw traces is hindered by input length limits and unreliable reasoning. Focusing solely on final task outcomes further discards critical behavioral information required for accurate issue localization. To address these issues, we propose TraceSIR, a multi-agent framework for structured analysis and reporting of agentic execution traces. TraceSIR coordinates three specialized agents: (1) StructureAgent, which introduces a novel abstraction format, TraceFormat, to compress execution traces while preserving essential behavioral information; (2) InsightAgent, which performs fine-grained diagnosis including issue localization, root cause analysis, and optimization suggestions; (3) ReportAgent, which aggregates insights across task instances and generates comprehensive analysis reports. To evaluate TraceSIR, we construct TraceBench, covering three real-world agentic scenarios, and introduce ReportEval, an evaluation protocol for assessing the quality and usability of analysis reports aligned with industry needs. Experiments show that TraceSIR consistently produces coherent, informative, and actionable reports, significantly outperforming existing approaches across all evaluation dimensions. Our project and video are publicly available at https://github.com/SHU-XUN/TraceSIR.

Key facts. Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Software engineering coding agents, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 10 of its 13 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 28 Feb 2026.

Builds on

10 of 13 references.

Closest ancestors · 1

Same direction, newest first

  1. 2026GLM-5: from Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering17 Feb

Other references · 9

  1. 2023SWE-bench: Can Language Models Resolve Real-World GitHub Issues?cited by 3,193
  2. 2025BrowseComp: A Simple Yet Challenging Benchmark for Browsing Agentscited by 616
  3. 2026Toward Scalable Verifiable Reward: Proxy State-Based Evaluation for Multi-turn Tool-Calling LLM Agentscited by 9
  4. 2026TRACE: Trajectory-Aware Comprehensive Evaluation for Deep Research Agentscited by 8
  5. 2026DREAM: Deep Research Evaluation with Agentic Metricscited by 7
  6. 2025A2P-Vis: an Analyzer-to-Presenter Agentic Pipeline for Visual Insights Generation and Reportingcited by 2
  7. 2025Exploring General-Purpose Autonomous Multimodal Agents for Pathology Report Generationcited by 1
  8. 2026Hallucination Mitigating for Medical Report Generationcited by 1
  9. 2026BTReport: A Framework for Brain Tumor Radiology Report Generation with Clinically Relevant Featurescited by 1

Built on by

Cited by year (2026 to 7 Oct)

Citing papers per year: 2026: 2.

2 papers.

Similar, not cited

Close in wording, no citation either way

  1. 2025TRAIL: Trace Reasoning and Agentic Issue Localization
  2. 2026Insights Generator: Systematic Corpus-Level Trace Diagnostics for LLM Agents
  3. 2026AgentTrace: Causal Graph Tracing for Root Cause Analysis in Deployed Multi-Agent Systems
  4. 2026TraceDance: An Automated System for Building Agent Behavior Benchmarks from Real-World Agent Deployment Traces
  5. 2026From Agent Traces to Trust: A Survey of Evidence Tracing and Execution Provenance in LLM Agents
  6. 2026TraceCompiler: Skill-Guided Mining and Compilation of LLM Agent Traces into Mostly Deterministic Workflows
  7. 2026Seeing the Whole Elephant: A Benchmark for Failure Attribution in LLM-based Multi-Agent Systems
  8. 2025AgentCompass: Towards Reliable Evaluation of Agentic Workflows in Production