@article{learningwhentoactorrefuseguardingagentic, title = {Learning When to Act or Refuse: Guarding Agentic Reasoning Models for Safe Multi-Step Tool Use}, author = {Aradhye Agarwal and Gurdit Siyan and Yash Pandya and Joykirat Singh and Akshay Nambi and Ahmed Awadallah}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2603.03205}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03205}, }