Reinforcement learning improves tool selection across large repositories

ToolSearcher trains language models to search iteratively, distinguish similar tools and allocate credit across the full selection process.

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Zhejiang University · Ant Group

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Dai et al.

The authors model tool selection as a multi-turn search problem rather than asking a language model to choose from a small, predefined list.

Why this paper

From Ant Group and Zhejiang University · Released code · Part of Skill Selection for Agents, now 15 papers

In one line

ToolSearcher uses reinforcement learning to optimize multi-turn tool selection at scale, outperforming existing methods.

What it released

Code

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