Toward PDDL Planning Copilot

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12987v1
• Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 11:51:07 GMT
• Title: Toward PDDL Planning Copilot
• Authors: Yarin Benyamin, Argaman Mordoch, Shahaf S. Shperberg, Roni Stern,
• Abstract summary: The Planning Copilot integrates multiple planning tools and allows users to invoke them through instructions in natural language.<n>We empirically evaluate the ability of our Planning Copilot to perform planning tasks using three open-source LLMs.<n>Our results show that our Planning Copilot significantly outperforms GPT-5 despite relying on a much smaller LLM.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being used as autonomous agents capable of performing complicated tasks. However, they lack the ability to perform reliable long-horizon planning on their own. This paper bridges this gap by introducing the Planning Copilot, a chatbot that integrates multiple planning tools and allows users to invoke them through instructions in natural language. The Planning Copilot leverages the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a recently developed standard for connecting LLMs with external tools and systems. This approach allows using any LLM that supports MCP without domain-specific fine-tuning. Our Planning Copilot supports common planning tasks such as checking the syntax of planning problems, selecting an appropriate planner, calling it, validating the plan it generates, and simulating their execution. We empirically evaluate the ability of our Planning Copilot to perform these tasks using three open-source LLMs. The results show that the Planning Copilot highly outperforms using the same LLMs without the planning tools. We also conducted a limited qualitative comparison of our tool against Chat GPT-5, a very recent commercial LLM. Our results shows that our Planning Copilot significantly outperforms GPT-5 despite relying on a much smaller LLM. This suggests dedicated planning tools may be an effective way to enable LLMs to perform planning tasks.

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