An agent can finish a task and still take an inefficient path. A failed search can trigger another search. A truncated file read can lead to a command fetching...

An agent can finish a task and still take an inefficient path. A failed search can trigger another search. A truncated file read can lead to a command fetching the same content again. A correct final answer hides those extra steps, even though they increase latency and consume tokens. Inefficiencies create more chances for failure. To improve an agent’s behavior…

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