Speculative Macro Commit for Faster Tool-Using Agents

Zeyu Liu, Author 2, Author 3, Author 4, Author 5

latency reductiontool-using agentsspeculative executionmulti-action planning

2609.03236

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Abstract

The paper introduces Speculative Macro Commit (SMC), a mechanism that reduces latency in tool-using LLM agents by allowing a speculative drafter model to predict and execute future actions.

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Core Claim

SMC reduces latency by 10.23% over the Speculative Actions baseline and 18.59% over sequential execution while maintaining overall accuracy.

Method / Result

SMC reduces wall time by 7.7% over the SA baseline and 44.9% over sequential execution.

Limitations

The main limitation is the reliance on a specific training trace for mining multi-action skeletons, which may affect generalizability.

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