Vela Breakout
Research · idea

Agentic systems and tool use

Gaining ground: 4.7% → 5.5% of AI papers.

Change in share
+0.8 pts
Share, last 3 months
5.5%
Papers, last 3 months
1,664
Ready for products
2.5 / 5
2.0%4.0%6.0%Oct 24May 25Jan 26Sep 26other ideasAgentic systems andtool use5.0%
Measured, not estimated · snapshot 2026-10-02 · Growth is shown only where the starting size is big enough to mean something.