agent/papers/items/2026-2604-23374-ghost-in-the-agent-redefining-information-flow-tracking-for-llm-agents.md

Paper: Ghost in the Agent: Redefining Information Flow Tracking for LLM Agents

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type: paper title: "Ghost in the Agent: Redefining Information Flow Tracking for LLM Agents" authors: Yuandao Cai, Wensheng Tang, Cheng Wen, Shengchao Qin year: 2026 venue: arXiv url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23374 code_url: source: arxiv collected_at: 2026-07-08 published_at: 2026-04-25 updated_at: 2026-04-25 status: queued relevance: high topics:

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

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• cs.CR related_concepts:

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collection_score: 18 collection_queries: agent-safety

One-line Takeaway

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

Why Collected

• matched queries: agent-safety
• inferred topics: agent-evaluation, agent-safety, memory, reasoning, tool-use
• arXiv categories: cs.CR
• 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/2604.23374