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Compositional Skill Routing for LLM Agents: Decompose, Retrieve, and Compose

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Compositional Skill Routing for LLM Agents: Decompose, Retrieve, and Compose

arXiv:2606.18051v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM agents increasingly rely on external skills -- reusable tool specifications -- but real-world tasks often require composing multiple skills, not just selecting one. We formalize this as the Compositional Skill Routing problem: given a complex user query and a large skill library, decompose the query into atomic sub-tasks, retrieve the appropriate skill for each sub-task, and compose an executable plan. We present SkillWeaver, a decompose-retrieve-compose framework combining an LLM task decomposer, a bi-encoder skill retriever with FAISS index

Why this matters
Why now

The rapid advancement of large language models and their increasing use in complex, real-world tasks necessitates sophisticated methods for skill composition and orchestration.

Why it’s important

This work addresses a critical bottleneck in the scalability and utility of AI agents, moving beyond single-tool use to enable more complex, multi-step autonomous operations.

What changes

The ability of LLM agents to tackle multi-faceted problems will significantly improve, leading to more robust and versatile AI applications in various domains.

Winners
  • · AI Agent Developers
  • · Automation Software Providers
  • · Cloud Computing Platforms
  • · Enterprises Adopting AI
Losers
  • · Manual Workflow Providers
  • · Legacy Integration Platforms
Second-order effects
Direct

AI agents become capable of autonomously executing substantially more complex tasks.

Second

Increased efficiency and automation in high-cognitive-load white-collar professions.

Third

Accelerated development of general-purpose AI systems through more sophisticated agentic capabilities.

Editorial confidence: 95 / 100 · Structural impact: 70 / 100
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