Practical Considerations for Agentic LLM Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04093v1
• Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:57:49 GMT
• Title: Practical Considerations for Agentic LLM Systems
• Authors: Chris Sypherd, Vaishak Belle,
• Abstract summary: This paper frames actionable insights and considerations from the research community in the context of established application paradigms. Namely, we position relevant research findings into four broad categories--Planning, Memory Tools, and Control Flow--based on common practices in application-focused literature.
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• Abstract: As the strength of Large Language Models (LLMs) has grown over recent years, so too has interest in their use as the underlying models for autonomous agents. Although LLMs demonstrate emergent abilities and broad expertise across natural language domains, their inherent unpredictability makes the implementation of LLM agents challenging, resulting in a gap between related research and the real-world implementation of such systems. To bridge this gap, this paper frames actionable insights and considerations from the research community in the context of established application paradigms to enable the construction and facilitate the informed deployment of robust LLM agents. Namely, we position relevant research findings into four broad categories--Planning, Memory, Tools, and Control Flow--based on common practices in application-focused literature and highlight practical considerations to make when designing agentic LLMs for real-world applications, such as handling stochasticity and managing resources efficiently. While we do not conduct empirical evaluations, we do provide the necessary background for discussing critical aspects of agentic LLM designs, both in academia and industry.

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