Abstract
Large Language Model (LLM) Agents have demonstrated remarkable capabilities in task automation and intelligent decision-making, driving the widespread adoption of agent development frameworks such as LangChain and AutoGen. However, these frameworks predominantly serve developers with extensive technical expertise—a significant limitation considering that only 0.03% of the global population possesses the necessary programming skills. This stark accessibility gap raises a fundamental question: Can we enable everyone, regardless of technical background, to build their own LLM agents using natural language alone? To address this challenge, we introduce AutoAgent - a Fully-Automated and highly Self-Developing framework that enables users to create and deploy LLM agents through Natural Language Alone. Operating as an autonomous Agent Operating System, AutoAgent comprises four key components: i) Agentic System Utilities, ii) LLM-powered Actionable Engine, iii) Self-Managing File System, and iv) Self-Play Agent Customization module. This lightweight yet powerful system enables efficient and dynamic creation and modification of tools, agents, and workflows without coding requirements or manual intervention. Beyond its code-free agent development capabilities, AutoAgent also serves as a versatile multi-agent system for General AI Assistants. Comprehensive evaluations on the GAIA benchmark demonstrate AutoAgent’s effectiveness in generalist multi-agent tasks, surpassing existing state-of-the-art methods. Furthermore, AutoAgent’s Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)-related capabilities have shown consistently superior performance compared to many alternative LLM-based solutions.
- Anthology ID:
- 2026.findings-acl.2129
- Volume:
- Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2026
- Month:
- July
- Year:
- 2026
- Address:
- San Diego, California, United States
- Editors:
- Maria Liakata, Viviane P. Moreira, Jiajun Zhang, David Jurgens
- Venue:
- Findings
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- Publisher:
- Association for Computational Linguistics
- Note:
- Pages:
- 42924–42974
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- URL:
- https://aclanthology.org/2026.findings-acl.2129/
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- Cite (ACL):
- Jiabin Tang, Tianyu Fan, and Chao Huang. 2026. AutoAgent: A Fully-Automated and Zero-Code Framework for LLM Agents. In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2026, pages 42924–42974, San Diego, California, United States. Association for Computational Linguistics.
- Cite (Informal):
- AutoAgent: A Fully-Automated and Zero-Code Framework for LLM Agents (Tang et al., Findings 2026)
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- https://aclanthology.org/2026.findings-acl.2129.pdf
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