Attention analysis shows that LLM tool selection failures occur at the readout/decision stage, not because the model fails to attend to the correct tool definition.
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Looking Is Not Picking: An Attention-Segment Account of Tool-Selection Failures in LLM Agents
Attention analysis shows that LLM tool selection failures occur at the readout/decision stage, not because the model fails to attend to the correct tool definition.