Challenge: Shortcuts such as APIs and deep-links have emerged as efficient complements to flexible GUI operations, but systematic evaluation of GUI–shortcut hybrid agents remains underexplored.
Approach: They propose a benchmark that evaluates GUI-shortcut hybrid agents with a specific focus on the mobile domain.
Outcome: MAS-Bench evaluates agent's ability to generate shortcuts by discovering and creating reusable, low-cost workflows.

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