Is TinyAgent superseded?

TinyAgent (Tool use / function calling): cited as a baseline — critiqued by newer work, not yet beaten on a benchmark here. 1 paper(s) critique it, 0 beat it on benchmarks — #51 of 55 most-superseded. Sub-problem: cluster led by ToolLLM. Newer alternatives in the same sub-problem include Planner-centric Plan-Execute paradigm.

Tool use / function calling

TinyAgent

TinyAgent: Function Calling at the Edge

Superseded baseline#51 of 55 most-superseded · first seen Sep 1, 2024

Cited as a baseline — critiqued by newer work, not yet beaten on a benchmark here

1 papers critique it · 0 beat it on benchmarks

What papers say

Verbatim critique sentences, each from a paper that cites TinyAgent as a baseline.

However, these techniques might lack generalizability across diverse function spaces, limiting their applicability to dynamic and sustainability-aware function calling at the edge.

— CarbonCall: Sustainability-Aware Function Calling for Large Language Models on Edge Devices

What to use instead

Recent methods in the same sub-problem, not yet superseded in the knowledge base — arXiv benchmark leaders, not vetted production recommendations.

Planner-centric Plan-Execute paradigmBeyond ReAct: A Planner-Centric Framework for Complex Tool-Augmented LLM Reasoning
Nov 13, 2025