# TAO: Tool-Aware Joint Scheduling for LLM-Based Agentic Serving > Source: > Published: 2026-10-29 04:00:00+00:00 Agentic services alternate between model inference on clustered GPUs and external tools on distributed CPUs. In this scenario, existing systems (1) overlook tool-return readiness in service evaluation, wasting limited resources, and (2) use heuristic strategies to decide admission and placement on G