EvoMaster: A Foundational Evolving Agent Framework for Agentic Science at Scale
On the map: LLM agents and tool use → Web, search, and research agents
Abstract (arXiv)
The convergence of large language models and agents is catalyzing a new era of scientific discovery: Agentic Science. However, common agent infrastructure is repeatedly rebuilt across scientific fields (loop fragmentation) and useful evidence and experience are lost in long-horizon research (loop discontinuity), bringing obstacles to Agentic Science at Scale. We introduce EvoMaster, a foundational evolving agent framework for Agentic Science at Scale. EvoMaster handles loop fragmentation and loop discontinuity by implementing Loop Research in which external evidence persists and improves later decisions. Through three nested loops, Execution, Exploration and Evolution (E3), loop research connects research within runs, across experiments and across studies. Across ten benchmarks spanning scientific research, coding and reasoning, EvoMaster achieves the best score among four agents using GPT-5.4, reaching a mean score of 58.02%, and outperforms the strongest competing agent Codex(40.29%) while costing 35.6% less. These results show that a shared loop-research foundation can support diverse scientific agents at scale.
Key facts. Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Web, search, and research agents, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 21 of its 44 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 19 Apr 2026.
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21 of 44 references.
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- 2025PaperBench: Evaluating AI's Ability to Replicate AI Researchcited by 286
- 2025BrowseComp-ZH: Benchmarking Web Browsing Ability of Large Language Models in Chinesecited by 139
- 2025ML-Master: Towards AI-for-AI via Integration of Exploration and Reasoningcited by 57
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- 2025The OpenHands Software Agent SDK: A Composable and Extensible Foundation for Production Agentscited by 39
- 2026Toward Ultra-Long-Horizon Agentic Science: Cognitive Accumulation for Machine Learning Engineeringcited by 26
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- 2026Socratic agents for autonomous scientific discovery in high-dimensional physical systems25 Jun 2026
- 2026NatureBench: Can Coding Agents Match the Published SOTA of Nature-Family Papers?23 Jun 2026
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