MerchantBench: Benchmarking LLM Agents for Long-Term E-Commerce Coherence
_akhaliq · x · 2026-08-06
MerchantBench is a novel benchmark designed to evaluate the long-term coherence of LLM agents in e-commerce operations.
- Environment: Simulates 365-day, order-level e-commerce operations, grounded in 98,843 real product records.
- Tools: Equips agents with 26 merchant tools for product sourcing, dynamic pricing, order tracking, and cash-flow management.
- Challenges: Tests agent resilience against supplier disruptions and delayed outcomes like refunds, negative reviews, and penalties.
- Paper and code are open source.
Related event: Alibaba Launches MerchantBench for E-commerce Agents(3 posts)→
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