agent/papers/items/2026-2607-04686-toolfailbench-diagnosing-tool-use-failures-in-llm-agents.md

Paper: ToolFailBench: Diagnosing Tool-Use Failures in LLM Agents

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type: paper title: "ToolFailBench: Diagnosing Tool-Use Failures in LLM Agents" authors: Harsh Soni year: 2026 venue: arXiv url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.04686 code_url: source: arxiv collected_at: 2026-07-08 published_at: 2026-07-06 updated_at: 2026-07-06 status: queued relevance: high topics:

• agent-evaluation
• agent-safety
• tool-use methods:

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datasets:

• cs.CL
• cs.AI
• cs.SE related_concepts:

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collection_score: 18 collection_queries: agentic-ai, llm-agent, tool-use

One-line Takeaway

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

Why Collected

• matched queries: agentic-ai, llm-agent, tool-use
• inferred topics: agent-evaluation, agent-safety, tool-use
• arXiv categories: cs.CL, cs.AI, cs.SE
• collection score: 18

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/2607.04686