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TACT: Mitigating Overthinking and Overacting in Coding Agents via Activation Steering
TACT detects overthinking and overacting as linear drift axes in hidden states and applies activation steering to pull agents back toward calibrated behavior, boosting resolution rates up to 5.8 points and cutting steps by 26%.
Sydney Poster Session 4, Wed, Dec 9, 5:00 PM–8:00 PM, Hall 1-4 · Published 2026
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