agent/papers/items/2026-2606-10209-less-context-better-agents-efficient-context-engineering-for-long-horizon-tool-u.md

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 methods:

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datasets:

• cs.AI
• cs.LG
• cs.SE related_concepts:

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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