# Paper: Less Context, Better Agents: Efficient Context Engineering for Long-Horizon Tool-Using LLM Agents

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type: paper
title: "Less Context, Better Agents: Efficient Context Engineering for Long-Horizon Tool-Using LLM Agents"
authors: Abhilasha Lodha, Mahsa Pahlavikhah Varnosfaderani, Abir Chakraborty, Abhinav Mithal
year: 2026
venue: arXiv
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.10209
code_url:
source: arxiv
collected_at: 2026-07-08
published_at: 2026-06-08
updated_at: 2026-06-08
status: queued
relevance: high
topics:
  - agent-evaluation
  - planning
  - rag
  - tool-use
  - workflow-agent
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models:
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datasets:
  - cs.AI
  - cs.LG
  - cs.SE
related_concepts:
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related_jobs:
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related_experiments:
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related_projects:
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collection_score: 16
collection_queries: autonomous-agent-llm
---

## One-line Takeaway

Auto-collected from arXiv because it matched the Agent collection queries. Needs human skim.

## Why Collected

- matched queries: autonomous-agent-llm
- inferred topics: agent-evaluation, planning, rag, tool-use, workflow-agent
- arXiv categories: cs.AI, cs.LG, cs.SE
- collection score: 16

## Review Checklist

- Does this paper directly inform Agent architecture, evaluation, memory, tools, safety, coding agents, GUI/browser agents, or multi-agent workflows?
- Does it include a benchmark, dataset, code, or reproducible experimental setup?
- Should it be promoted from `queued` to `skimmed` or `summarized`?

## Links

- arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.10209