Compiling agent skills into state machines improves reliable task execution

HEXIS separates task reasoning from control flow, using explicit states and transitions to enforce skill procedures.

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Minghao LI
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Minghao Li introduces a compiler that converts reusable agent instructions and tool interfaces into extended finite state machines, which track progress, intermediate results, and permitted next operations.

The author developed HEXIS, an incremental compiler that maps skill clauses and tool interfaces into state operations, state-specific instructions, data bindings, and explicit transition conditions.

Why this paper

Independent · Part of Agent Rule Compliance, now 17 papers

In one line

HEXIS compiles agent skills into finite state machines, improving task success by 16.1 percentage points over Skill + ReAct.

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