2 papers
cs.CL2026
Programmatic Search Agents: Extending Agentic Search Beyond Query Reformulation
Jiaming Qian, Huiyan Yang, Mandi Liu +7
Search agents adapt their queries, yet fixed search interfaces leave candidate processing and evidence presentation outside the agent's direct control. Our trajectory analysis show…
cs.AI2026
COMPASS: Cognitive MCTS-Guided Process Alignment for Safe Search Agents
Wenkai Shen, Pengyang Zhou, Jiahe Xu +5
LLM-powered search agents enable multi-step reasoning and tool use. However, these capabilities introduce retrieval-induced safety degradation, as harmful intents may decompose int…