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Search Wider or Read Deeper: Where Long-Document Agents Should Spend the Next Token

TL;DR for operators A document assistant has already found several relevant pages but still cannot support an answer. The next action should depend on why the evidence is inadequate: perhaps another page is missing, or perhaps the answer is already present but buried in a table, region, or cross-page relationship that needs closer inspection. ...

August 27, 2026 · 8 min · Zelina