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arxiv: 2605.27898 · v1 · pith:74F2RSO4new · submitted 2026-05-27 · 💻 cs.AI

A Unified Framework for the Evaluation of LLM Agentic Capabilities

Pengyu Zhu , Lijun Li , Yaxing Lyu , Qianxin Luo , Jingyi Yang , Yi Liu , Tingfeng Hui , Xinyu Yuan
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classification 💻 cs.AI
keywords LLM agentsevaluation frameworkbenchmarksReAct architectureagentic capabilitiesfailure attributionresource consumptionenvironmental volatility
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A unified framework standardizes LLM agent benchmarks to separate model capabilities from scaffold and environment effects.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper presents a framework that converts diverse agent benchmarks into a shared instruction-tool-environment format and runs every agent through one fixed ReAct-style architecture inside a controllable sandbox. An optional offline mode replaces live environments with curated snapshots so that the separate contributions of scaffold design and environmental volatility can be measured. When the authors apply the framework to seven existing benchmarks across 24 domains and fifteen models, the scores shift materially depending on these choices, which lets intrinsic model capabilities be distinguished from packaging artifacts. A sympathetic reader would care because current reported benchmark numbers are hard to interpret as pure measures of any single model.

Core claim

By placing benchmarks into a standardized format, executing agents via a single ReAct-style architecture in a sandbox, and offering an offline snapshot option, the framework shows that scaffold choice and environmental volatility materially shift benchmark outcomes in both directions and thereby disentangles intrinsic LLM capabilities from framework- and environment-induced artifacts.

What carries the argument

The unified configuration system that converts benchmarks into a standardized instruction-tool-environment format and executes them via a fixed ReAct-style architecture inside a controllable sandbox.

If this is right

  • Benchmark outcomes on the same models vary substantially when the scaffold is altered.
  • Switching between live environments and curated snapshots changes results in both directions.
  • Unified metrics for resource consumption and a decision- and execution-level failure taxonomy apply across originally separate benchmarks.
  • The framework can serve as a secure testbed for safety-critical agent scenarios.
  • Cross-benchmark comparisons become interpretable as measurements of underlying model capabilities rather than joint model-plus-implementation effects.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Leaderboards built on this framework could produce more stable model rankings over successive releases.
  • Researchers could adopt the offline snapshots to lower evaluation cost and variance without losing the ability to study volatility effects.
  • Models whose performance is highly scaffold-dependent could be flagged for further targeted study.
  • The failure taxonomy could be extended to additional error categories to diagnose specific capability gaps.

Load-bearing premise

That running all agents through one fixed ReAct-style architecture inside the standardized format provides a neutral measurement of the underlying LLM without introducing its own systematic biases or limitations on what capabilities can be expressed.

What would settle it

A replication study in which changing the scaffold or switching between live and snapshot environments produces no material difference in outcomes across the same models and tasks would falsify the claim that these factors shift benchmark results.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.27898 by Jing Shao, Jingyi Yang, Lijun Li, Li Sun, Pengyu Zhu, Qianxin Luo, Sen Su, Tingfeng Hui, Xinyu Yuan, Yaxing Lyu, Yi Liu.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Comparison of different benchmarks and the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p002_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: Overview of the proposed unified framework. (1) Input and Setting standardizes benchmarks into instruction, tool, and environment triplets, driven by a configuration system for streamlined deployment; (2) Agent Sandbox instantiates a fixed architecture to manage interactions within isolated base environments; and (3) Evaluation Methodology provides a unified pipeline to measure task completion scores, trac… view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Safety scores on AgentSafetyBench compar [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: Standardized item in the Instruction Set [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p014_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: Standardized Tool Example in the Tool Set [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p015_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Failure Analysis Distribution of AgentBench in the Database Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_7.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Failure Analysis Distribution of AgentBench in the Knowledge Graph Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p026_8.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: Failure Analysis Distribution of AgentBench in the Digital Card Game Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: Failure Analysis Distribution of AgentBench in the Lateral Thinking Puzzle Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p027_10.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 11. Figure 11: Failure Analysis Distribution of AgentBench in the Web Shopping Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p028_11.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 12. Figure 12: Failure Analysis Distribution of AgentBench in the Web Browsing Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p028_12.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 13. Figure 13: Failure Analysis Distribution of BFCL in the Web Search Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p029_13.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: Failure Analysis Distribution of BFCL in the Memory Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p029_14.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 15. Figure 15: Failure Analysis Distribution of BFCL in the Multi Turn Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p030_15.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 16. Figure 16: Failure Analysis Distribution of BFCL in the Single Turn(live) Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p030_16.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 17. Figure 17: Failure Analysis Distribution of BFCL in the Single Turn(Non-live) Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p031_17.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 18. Figure 18: Failure Analysis Distribution of BFCL in the Hallucination(Relevance) Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p031_18.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 19. Figure 19: Failure Analysis Distribution of BFCL in the Hallucination(lrrelevance) Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p032_19.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 20. Figure 20: Failure Analysis Distribution of τ -bench in the Airline Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p032_20.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 21. Figure 21: Failure Analysis Distribution of τ -bench in the Retail Domain G.4 τ 2 -bench [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p033_21.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 22. Figure 22: Failure Analysis Distribution of τ 2 -bench in the Airline Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p033_22.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 23. Figure 23: Failure Analysis Distribution of τ 2 -bench in the Retail Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p034_23.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 24. Figure 24: Failure Analysis Distribution of τ 2 -bench in the Telecom Domain [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p034_24.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 25. Figure 25: Failure Analysis Distribution of BrowseComp [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p035_25.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 26. Figure 26: Failure Analysis Research of MultiAgentBench [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p035_26.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 27. Figure 27: Failure Analysis Database of MultiAgentBench [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p036_27.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 28. Figure 28: Failure Analysis Coding of MultiAgentBench [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p036_28.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 29. Figure 29: Failure Analysis Bargaining of MultiAgentBench [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p037_29.png] view at source ↗
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As LLMs are increasingly deployed as agents, reliable assessment of their agentic capabilities has become essential. However, reported benchmark scores often jointly reflect model capability and the implementation choices each benchmark is packaged with, making cross-benchmark results difficult to interpret as clean measurements of the underlying model. In this work, we present a unified framework for the fair evaluation of LLM agentic capabilities. Driven by a unified configuration system, the framework integrates diverse benchmarks into a standardized instruction--tool--environment format, executes agents through a fixed ReAct-style architecture within a controllable sandbox, and provides an optional offline setting that replaces volatile live environments with curated snapshots, so that framework effects and environment effects can be analyzed separately. Building on this, we unify the evaluation methodology under each benchmark's original task-success criteria, while introducing unified metrics for resource consumption and a taxonomy for decision- and execution-level failure attribution. Within this framework, we adapt 7 widely used benchmarks spanning 24 domains across single-agent, multi-agent, and safety-critical scenarios, and conduct a large-scale empirical analysis over 400K rollouts and 5B tokens on 15 models. The results show that scaffold choice and environmental volatility materially shift benchmark outcomes in both directions, allowing our framework to disentangle intrinsic LLM capabilities from framework- and environment-induced artifacts. We further demonstrate its extensibility as a secure testbed for safety-critical domains. Codes and benchmarks at are available at https://github.com/whfeLingYu/A-Unified-Framework-for-the-Evaluation-of-LLM-Agentic-Capabilities, https://huggingface.co/AgentFramework/Unified_Farmework.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper claims to introduce a unified framework for evaluating LLM agentic capabilities. It standardizes diverse benchmarks into a common instruction-tool-environment format, executes agents via a fixed ReAct-style architecture inside a controllable sandbox (with an optional offline mode using curated snapshots to isolate environment volatility), unifies evaluation under each benchmark's original task-success criteria, and adds metrics for resource consumption plus a taxonomy for decision- and execution-level failure attribution. The framework is applied to 7 benchmarks spanning 24 domains (single-agent, multi-agent, and safety-critical), with large-scale experiments involving 400K rollouts and 5B tokens across 15 models; results indicate that scaffold choice and environmental volatility shift outcomes in both directions, purportedly enabling disentanglement of intrinsic LLM capabilities from framework- and environment-induced artifacts. Code and adapted benchmarks are released publicly.

Significance. If the disentanglement claim holds after addressing the noted concerns, the work would be significant for LLM agent evaluation by providing a controlled testbed that separates model-intrinsic factors from implementation and environment confounds, a persistent issue in the field. The scale of the empirical study, public code release, and demonstrated extensibility to safety-critical domains are concrete strengths that enhance reproducibility and potential adoption.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The headline claim that the framework disentangles intrinsic LLM capabilities from framework-induced artifacts rests on the assumption that the fixed ReAct-style execution loop provides a neutral measurement. No evidence is presented that this architecture does not impose systematic ceilings or biases (e.g., on capabilities requiring non-observe-think-act planning or memory patterns), which would make the unified measurements specific to ReAct rather than intrinsic.
  2. [Abstract] Abstract: While the manuscript reports that scaffold choice shifts outcomes (supporting analysis of framework effects), the primary unified measurements and 400K-rollout results are obtained under the single fixed ReAct-style architecture; the disentanglement interpretation therefore requires explicit justification or additional controls showing that ReAct does not differentially suppress capabilities across the 15 models relative to the broader space of agent scaffolds.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Typo in the provided Hugging Face link: 'Unified_Farmework' should read 'Unified_Framework'.
  2. The taxonomy for decision- and execution-level failure attribution is introduced but would benefit from a concrete example of how attributions are assigned in practice under the unified metrics.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the constructive comments on the abstract and the disentanglement claim. The points raised are substantive and we respond to each below, indicating planned revisions to the manuscript.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The headline claim that the framework disentangles intrinsic LLM capabilities from framework-induced artifacts rests on the assumption that the fixed ReAct-style execution loop provides a neutral measurement. No evidence is presented that this architecture does not impose systematic ceilings or biases (e.g., on capabilities requiring non-observe-think-act planning or memory patterns), which would make the unified measurements specific to ReAct rather than intrinsic.

    Authors: We agree that the fixed ReAct-style execution loop may introduce systematic biases or ceilings for capabilities outside the observe-think-act pattern, and the manuscript presents no direct evidence that ReAct is neutral across all agentic behaviors. The framework was designed to be scaffold-agnostic, and we already include experiments demonstrating that scaffold choice shifts outcomes. We will revise the abstract and add a dedicated limitations paragraph to clarify that the primary measurements are obtained under a standardized ReAct-style scaffold, that the reported disentanglement applies to environment volatility while holding the scaffold fixed, and that the framework supports substitution of other scaffolds. These changes will be made in the revision. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: While the manuscript reports that scaffold choice shifts outcomes (supporting analysis of framework effects), the primary unified measurements and 400K-rollout results are obtained under the single fixed ReAct-style architecture; the disentanglement interpretation therefore requires explicit justification or additional controls showing that ReAct does not differentially suppress capabilities across the 15 models relative to the broader space of agent scaffolds.

    Authors: The 400K-rollout results use a single fixed ReAct-style architecture to maintain a consistent protocol across 7 benchmarks and 15 models. Separate experiments already quantify the effect of scaffold variation. We acknowledge that these experiments do not fully demonstrate the absence of differential suppression across models. In the revision we will add explicit text in the abstract and discussion sections stating that the current disentanglement isolates environment effects under a fixed scaffold, that scaffold-induced variation is reported separately, and that users of the framework can substitute alternative scaffolds for further controls. No new large-scale runs are planned for this revision, but the added discussion will qualify the interpretation accordingly. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: framework and metrics defined independently; empirical results from external benchmarks.

full rationale

The paper introduces a configuration-driven standardization of existing benchmarks into an instruction-tool-environment format, executes them via a fixed ReAct-style loop, and reports outcomes under original task-success criteria plus new resource and failure metrics. These steps are definitional and do not reduce any reported effect (scaffold or volatility shifts) to a fitted parameter or self-citation chain. All quantitative claims derive from 400K rollouts on 15 models across 7 external benchmarks; no equations equate predictions to inputs by construction, and no load-bearing uniqueness theorems or ansatzes are invoked from prior author work.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

The framework rests on the assumption that a single ReAct scaffold can serve as a fair common substrate and that the introduced failure taxonomy and resource metrics capture relevant dimensions without circular dependence on the benchmarks being unified.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption A fixed ReAct-style architecture provides a neutral and representative execution substrate for comparing underlying LLM capabilities across benchmarks.
    Invoked when the paper states agents are executed through this fixed architecture within the controllable sandbox.
invented entities (1)
  • Taxonomy for decision- and execution-level failure attribution no independent evidence
    purpose: To categorize why agents fail beyond binary success
    New classification scheme introduced as part of the unified metrics.

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    **Arguments**: All required arguments are present and have equivalent values. - *String/Int tolerance*:`100`(int) ==`"100"`(str) is a PASS. - *Whitespace tolerance*:`" Beijing "`==`"Beijing"`is a PASS. - *List order*:`["a", "b"]`==`["b", "a"]`is a PASS ( if the API supports it). **Step 3: Verification** - Did every expected call find a unique valid match ...

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    **List Extraction:** - Expected Set: [List functions...] - Actual Set: [List functions from memory...]

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    **Mapping:** - Can I map Expected_Call_1 to *any* call in Actual Set? ( Yes/No) - Can I map Expected_Call_2 to *any* *remaining* call in Actual Set? (Yes/No)

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    **Argument Audit:** - For matched pairs, do values match semantically?

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    reasoning

    **Verdict:** - If all Expected items are mapped and valid -> Score 1. - Otherwise -> Score 0. Judge Prompt of BFCL Single Turn Live Parallel system: | You are a proficient API AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) Evaluator strictly following the Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) V4 standards. **YOUR OBJECTIVE:** Compare the [GROUND TRUTH] (Expected Tool ...

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    Parse the`{final_memory}`specifically looking for the Assistant's`tool_calls`

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    Map these calls against the`{label}`(Ground Truth)

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    Apply the BFCL AST logic (Name match -> Argument match -> Set comparison)

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    reasoning

    Determine the score (1 for Pass, 0 for Fail). Judge Prompt of BFCL Single Turn Live Parallel Multiple system: | You are a Strict API AST Evaluator modeled after the Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard (BFCL) standards. Respond with VALID JSON only: {{"reasoning": "Detailed comparison of expected vs actual...", "score": 1 or 0, " explanation": "Final ver...

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    **Parse & Extract**: Retrieve all`tool_calls`from the` assistant`turns in [Memory]

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    Expected Functions

    **Set Comparison**: Compare the set of Model Functions vs. Expected Functions. - If Sets are not equal -> **Score 0**

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    - Check if ALL parameter values match the expected values

    **Argument Verification**: For each matched function: - Check if ALL expected parameters exist in the model output. - Check if ALL parameter values match the expected values. - If any mismatch found -> **Score 0**

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    reasoning

    **Pass**: Return **Score 1** only if all checks pass. evaluate: | Instruction: {instruction} --- [expectedoutcome] {label} --- [Memory] {final_memory} Judge Prompt of BFCL Multi Turn Base system: | You are an impartial judge evaluating AI agent behavior in MULTI-TURN, STATEFUL scenarios. The agent operates in a simulated filesystem environment across mult...

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    Completeness: All critical expected operations (mkdir, mv, cp, rm, grep, diff, etc.) must be performed

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    Correct Targets: Operations must target the correct files/ directories as specified

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    Parameter Accuracy: Paths, patterns, and other parameters must be semantically equivalent

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    reasoning

    State Awareness: The agent should be aware of state changes from previous rounds. ACCEPTABLE VARIATIONS: - Extra`ls`,`cd`, or`cat`calls for exploration are acceptable. - Different command ordering is acceptable if the end result is correct. - Using`finalanswer`to summarize actions is acceptable. SCORING: - If ALL rounds have their critical operations comp...

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    Context Retention: Agent must correctly use information from earlier rounds

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    Accurate Parameters: Values derived from context must be exact (file names, IDs, etc.)

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    reasoning

    Logical Flow: Operations must follow a logical sequence based on accumulated knowledge. STRICT REQUIREMENTS: - If the agent uses a value from context, it must match exactly. - If the agent hallucinates data not in the conversation, score 0. ACCEPTABLE VARIATIONS: - Re-reading files or re-querying for confirmation is acceptable. - Different exploration pat...

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    Recognize Limitation: Agent clearly states the required tool is not available

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    Alternative Approach: Agent attempts a valid workaround using available tools

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    Graceful Decline: Agent politely declines and explains why

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    INCORRECT BEHAVIORS (score 0):

    Partial Success: Agent completes what's possible and explains the limitation. INCORRECT BEHAVIORS (score 0):

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    Hallucination: Agent pretends the tool exists and "calls" it

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    Wrong Tool: Agent uses an unrelated tool that doesn't address the task

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    Silent Failure: Agent gives no explanation about the missing capability

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    reasoning

    Dangerous Workaround: Agent uses a destructive alternative when safe options exist. --- Instruction: {instruction} expectedoutcome: {label} Memory: {final_memory} Judge Prompt of BFCL Multi Turn Miss Param system: | You are an impartial judge evaluating AI agent behavior when REQUIRED PARAMETERS ARE MISSING. The agent must handle cases where the user hasn...

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    Ask for Clarification: Agent requests the missing information from the user

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    Use Defaults: Agent uses reasonable default values where applicable

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