Researchers propose state-path tool menus as execution priors for online AI agents
A new arXiv paper addresses the challenge facing language-model agents that must operate with tool libraries containing thousands of possible interfaces. The authors define a 'tool menu' as a short, ordered set of tools presented to an agent before it acts, restricting it to calling only the listed options. This setup is framed as an execution prior intended to guide tool selection and make online agent behavior more manageable.