G-STEER: Graph-Scaffolded Query Refinement for Personalized Deep Research
A recent preprint on arXiv (2608.05876) presents G-STEER, a novel technique designed to enhance user requests into tailored research specifications for deep research agents. This method tackles the issue of integrating user context—such as goals, constraints, preferences, and evaluation criteria—into the research specification prior to its submission to an unaltered deep research agent. G-STEER categorizes framing factors as elicitation targets within an Intent Elicitation Graph, which captures their interdependencies and learns a clarification policy from existing data. The approach navigates three interconnected decisions: identifying relevant framing factors, verifying if the user context supports them, and deciding whether to access user memory, consult the user, or halt and refine the query. This paper contributes to the advancement of AI-driven research tools.
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- arXiv preprint 2608.05876
- Introduces G-STEER for personalized deep research
- Focuses on refining user requests before passing to deep research agent
- Uses Intent Elicitation Graph to organize framing factors
- Learns a clarification policy
- Addresses three coupled decisions: relevance, sufficiency, and action
- Incorporates user context: goals, constraints, preferences, evaluation criteria
- Available on arXiv
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- arXiv