Beyond Generalist LLMs: Specialist Agentic Systems for Structured Code Workflow Execution

arXiv cs.AI · 6 hours ago

Researchers compared specialist agentic systems designed for transforming BPMN diagrams into executable workflows against generalist LLM agents like Roo and Cline. The specialist approach achieved 9-20 percentage point improvements in tool-use exactness, 2-4x faster latency, 3x fewer tool-call errors, and reduced generation token costs by over 95%. Specialist agents proved more reliable and maintainable than generalist agents for structured code workflow execution in business process automation.