RunningTab: Direct Workspace Interaction with Environment-Side Tabs
This study addresses the loss of task requirements and file states caused by limited context windows when large language model (LLM) agents interact directly with workspaces. To mitigate this, we propose RunningTab, a framework that introduces an environment-side tab-based persistent recording mechanism to decouple agent memory from environmental states. This approach dynamically tracks task progress, file read/write statuses, and unprocessed candidates in real time, enabling continuous alignment between task requirements and workspace content. Extensive experiments conducted across three benchmarks and three LLMs demonstrate that RunningTab consistently outperforms both direct interaction paradigms and existing baselines, significantly enhancing the completeness of delivered artifacts.