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LLM Agents Look at Correct Tools but Still Pick Wrong, Research Reveals Readout as Failure Point
Research by Shiyang Chen reveals that LLM agents mis-call tools not because they fail to see the right tool, but because the decision readout fails. The model attends to the correct tool 80% of the time, yet picks wrong. Readout-side interventions recover 59-91% of failures, while input-side fixes recover ≤23%.
Jun 16, 2026 1 source