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Agora: Enhancing LLM Agent Reasoning Via Auction-Based Task Allocation

Jul 2026 · arXiv.org · Vol abs/2607.09600 · 0 citations · 37 references
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TL;DR

Agora is a framework that uses a confidence-calibrated auction to dynamically allocate tasks to expert models and tools, and treats reasoning steps as tradeable items, which bases allocation on calibrated competence rather than raw confidence.

Abstract

Enhancing the reasoning capabilities of large language model (LLM) agents requires effective orchestration of diverse expert models and tools. However, existing frameworks typically call APIs, based on coarse-grained matching between tasks and the functions of expert models or tools, while overlooking critical factors such as performance variability and cost efficiency among functionally similar alternatives. To address this, we propose Agora, a framework that uses a confidence-calibrated auction to dynamically allocate tasks to expert models and tools. By treating reasoning steps as tradeable items, Agora bases allocation on calibrated competence rather than raw confidence. Across five main benchmarks, Agora improves or remains competitive with single-model, routing, and cascade baselines under matched candidate pools.

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