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📄 ResearchAugust 20, 2026

MidTool: Mid-training Data Synthesis for Agentic Tool Use

Mid-training is increasingly recognized as a critical stage for shaping the capabilities of large language models. Recent work has shown that targeted mid-training can strengthen reasoning-intensive abilities such as math and science, and can also improve agentic capabilities in software-engineering...

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http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.20314v1