Proper reference on plan then execute pattern?

[weellu]

In plan then execute pattern there is a reference to Parisien et al. (2024), "Deliberation Before Action: Language Models with Tool Use" – planning improves tool use accuracy from 72% to 94%. In the text, the benefits are rationalized using this study as follows:

Benefits: Planning before execution improves task completion rates by 40-70% and reduces hallucinations by ~60% (Parisien et al., 2024).

I haven't found such a study. If that study exists, I would like to have a reference that one can actually use to find that study. Now it feels a bit hallucinated to me.

[nibzard]

Thanks, you are absolutely right. I've experimented with a researcher workflow and as it was a big effort I haven't been able to check everything, and it looks like some references are indeed messed up: https://github.com/nibzard/awesome-agentic-patterns/blob/main/research/plan-then-execute-pattern-report.md

Will clean it up.