# SteerDistill: Quantizing LLM Agents via Closed-Loop Teacher Steering > Source: > Published: 2026-11-12 08:30:02+00:00 Low-bit quantization reduces the inference cost of LLM agents but can compromise task success. Examining failed rollouts, we find that quantized agents overlook task requirements or environmental conditions, producing environment transitions that diverge from successful full-precision references. Co