Are Tools All We Need? Unveiling the Tool-Use Tax in LLM Agents

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Proof freshness: stale
Proof status: unverified
Display score: 6/10
Last proof check: 2026-05-04
Score updated: 2026-05-04
Score fresh until: 2026-06-03
References: 0
Source count: 3
Coverage: 50%

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Evidence Receipt

Route status: building

Claims: 0

References: Pending verification

Proof: Verification pending

Freshness state: computing

Source paper: Are Tools All We Need? Unveiling the Tool-Use Tax in LLM Agents

PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.00136v1

Source count: 3

Coverage: 50%

Last proof check: 2026-05-04T20:24:15.500Z

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