arXiv Machine Learning

ChipMEM: Verification-Grounded Memory for EDA Agents

ChipMEM introduces a verification‑grounded memory layer for electronic design automation agents that combines cross‑task procedural memory with within‑trajectory statistical guidance. The procedural component stores a skill only after it passes synthesis, simulation, or formal checks, while a Bayesian component ranks recovery strategies based on tool‑call outcomes. Experiments on RTLRewriter‑Bench and CVDP tasks show that ChipMEM improves equivalence‑passing outputs and area metrics compared to agents without memory.

arXiv AI
Nov 2

RTL-Interact: Training EDA-Interactive Models for Multi-Task RTL Design

arXiv:2610.41225v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models offer a promising route to register-transfer-level (RTL) design, but reliable implementations require checking and revision based...

By Wenxuan Shi, Yaoyu Zhu, Di Huang, Chongxiao Li, Xiaoyun Zhang, Muxin Song, Yutong Wu, Ziyuan Nan, Pengwei Jin, Tian Zhi, Xishan Zhang, Rui Zhang, Xing Hu, Zidong Du, Qi Guo, Yunji Chen
arXiv Computation and Language
Aug 25

When Not to Imitate: Boundary-Aware Skill Memory for Reliable Tool-Use LLM Agents

The paper introduces Boundary-Aware Skill Memory (BASM), a method that enriches skill memories for large language model agents with explicit boundary fields such as applicability conditions, risk cues, avoidance rules, and recovery notes. This approach transforms retrieved skills from unconditional templates into state‑conditioned guidance, preventing the Skill Imitation Trap where more skills lead to incorrect tool usage. Experiments on three agent benchmarks and four model scales show that BASM improves task success rates, accuracy, and reduces attack success while cutting average steps compared to memory‑free baselines.

By Zihan Lin, Zhenyu Chen, Jiawen Wei, Xiaohan Wang, Jie Cao, Jiajun Chai, Wei Lin, Guojun Yin, Ran He
arXiv Computation and Language
5d ago

Beyond Self-Reflection: An Execute-Distill-Verify Framework for Agentic Experience Learning

The paper introduces EDV, an Execute‑Distill‑Verify framework that constructs offline experience for large language model agents without updating model parameters. In EDV, multiple heterogeneous agents execute tasks, a distiller extracts candidate lessons from their trajectories and feedback, and executors review these lessons, keeping only those unanimously approved. Experiments on τ²‑bench, Mind2Web, and MMTB demonstrate improved performance on revisited tasks and within‑domain transfer, while a Retail subset evaluation shows EDV cuts the Self‑Confirmation Trap Rate from 11.0% to 5.0%.

By Shiding Zhu, Yudi Qi, Yajie Wang, Jiaze Li, Chao Song, Yaorui Shi, Yibo Miao, Hanqi Gao, Kai Zhang
arXiv AI
Aug 25

CONTRAMEM: Learning Self-Evolving Procedural Memory from Contrasting Multi-Model Trajectories

arXiv:2608.22533v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous computer-use agents are increasingly applied to long-horizon tasks requiring coordinated application calls, persistent state tracking, and v...

By Zheyuan Deng, Binghang Lu, Hanqi Feng, Shirley Huang, Dianzhuo Wang, Yuanda Xu, Zhiwei Zhang, Yige Sun, Changhong Mou, Runyu Zhang, Yuexing Hao, Barnabas Poczos, Xiaomin Li
arXiv AI
Oct 1

EngramBench: A Capability-Grounded Benchmark for Skill-Evolution Harnesses

EngramBench is a new benchmark designed to evaluate skill evolution in autonomous agents by focusing on genuine capability abstraction rather than solution copying. It includes 30 learning tasks and 13 unseen transfer tasks that require agents to manage complex, multi-hour development cycles with LLM‑simulated users. The study shows that while static skill banks cannot eliminate the need for precise code implementation, they effectively reduce redundant context and cut overall coding time by more than 55%.

By Zhixuan Tan, Pengjie Gu, Zhao Li, Yihan Hu, Xu He, Dong Li, Jianye Hao
arXiv AI
Sep 21

Designer-RSI: Evolving Procedural Memory from User Traffic for Agentic Graphic Design

Designer‑RSI presents a continual adaptation framework that lets a frozen frontier model operate professional design software while an external procedural memory learns natural‑language design skills from user traffic. Over five rounds on 1,406 real briefs and 1,869 graded trajectories, the memory grew from 76 to 139 skills, boosting execution success from 72.7% to 99.3% and improving win rates on four design benchmarks. The study shows that widening and deepening the memory, especially together, significantly outperforms a no‑skill baseline.

By Hongyang Du, Lan Yan, Christian Flores, Asim Kadav
arXiv AI
Jun 30

Evaluating Memory in LLM Agents via Incremental Multi-Turn Interactions

arXiv:2507. 05257v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recent benchmarks for Large Language Model (LLM) agents primarily focus on evaluating reasoning, planning, and execution capabilities, while another critical component-memory, encompassing how agents memorize, update, and retrieve long-term information-is under-evaluated due to the lack of benchmarks.

By Yuanzhe Hu, Yu Wang, Julian McAuley
arXiv Computation and Language
Sep 18

CovR: Coverage-Aware Hardware Verification via Reasoning-Guided Reinforcement Learning

CovR is an agentic framework that automates testbench generation for hardware verification by combining self-reflection loops with simulation-based feedback to maximize coverage. It builds a large dataset of 16,514 specification–RTL reasoning tuples and uses reinforcement learning with tool-derived rewards to train a student model, achieving high coverage scores on VerilogEval, RTLLM V2.0, and CVDP. When deployed as a plug-in stimulus engine, CovR boosts coverage by nearly 19% and improves mutation detection while uncovering previously undetected failures.

By Manar Abdelatty, Maryam Nouh, Sherief Reda