Definition
Plain language
An LLM serving system designed to handle agent tool calls efficiently.
As stated in the literature
A tool-aware LLM serving framework that intercepts agent tool invocations and manages KV-cache retention around them, used as a baseline against MARS in agentic-workload serving comparisons.
Why it matters: Tool-aware serving avoids redoing expensive context processing every time an agent pauses to call out, which is the dominant cost in many agent workloads.
For example, when an agent issues a tool call mid-generation, Infercept holds onto its KV cache so the response can resume without recomputing the entire context.
Heard on the show
“… Tool-aware systems like Infercept and Continuum try to manage the KV cache during tool pauses, but they make their decision at the …”Episode 016 — Why Your Coding Agent Stalls While the GPU Runs Hot