inplace-feedback-multi-turn-reasoning

name	inplace-feedback-multi-turn-reasoning
title	In-Place Feedback: A New Paradigm for Guiding LLMs in Multi-Turn Reasoning
version	0.0.2
engine	skillxiv-v0.0.2-claude-opus-4.6
license	MIT
url	https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00777
keywords	["feedback-mechanism","multi-turn-reasoning","error-correction","interactive-learning","efficiency"]
description	Enable more precise LLM error correction by having users directly edit the model's previous response, conditioning the next response on this corrected version. This approach reduces token overhead by 79% compared to traditional separate-feedback methods while fixing more errors in complex reasoning tasks.

In-Place Feedback: Direct Response Editing for Precise Guidance

Traditional multi-turn feedback works by issuing separate corrections: "Your answer has an error on step 3. Here's the correct step." The model then tries to apply this external feedback to its previous response. The problem is that external feedback is ambiguous—the model often fails to apply corrections precisely, leaving errors uncorrected or introducing new mistakes.

In-Place Feedback inverts this: users directly edit the model's response text, marking corrections inline. The model then conditions on this edited version, receiving explicit guidance on where and how to fix errors. This dramatically improves correction accuracy while reducing token overhead.

Core Concept

In-Place Feedback operates in two modes:

1. Annotation mode: User (or automatic corrector) edits model's response in-place, marking corrections
2. Generation mode: Model receives the edited version as context and generates an improved response

The edited response acts as a concrete example of what the model should have done, guiding generation more effectively than abstract feedback text.

Architecture Overview

• Response generator: Initial response from the model
• Editor: Marks errors and corrections in the response (human or automated)
• Context encoder: Converts edited response to input for next generation
• Guided generator: Conditions on edited context to produce corrected response
• Feedback tracker: Monitors which types of errors are fixed vs. persisting

Implementation Steps

First, implement response annotation (marking errors):

from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import List, Tuple

@dataclass
class Annotation:
    """Mark errors and corrections in a response."""
    start_idx: int           # Character position of error start
    end_idx: int             # Character position of error end
    original_text: str       
    corrected_text:       
    error_type:           
    confidence:         

 :
    
     ():
        .error_detector = error_detector

     ():
        
        annotations = []

        
        errors = .error_detector.find_errors(response, problem, ground_truth)

        
        edited_response = response
        offset =   

         error  errors:
            original_text = error[]
            corrected_text = error[]
            error_pos = error[]

            
            adjusted_pos = error_pos + offset

            
            annotation = Annotation(
                start_idx=adjusted_pos,
                end_idx=adjusted_pos + (original_text),
                original_text=original_text,
                corrected_text=corrected_text,
                error_type=error.get(, ),
                confidence=error.get(, )
            )
            annotations.append(annotation)

            
            edited_response = (
                edited_response[:adjusted_pos] +
                corrected_text +
                edited_response[adjusted_pos + (original_text):]
            )

            
            offset += (corrected_text) - (original_text)

         annotations, edited_response

     ():
        
        
        formatted = 

        current_pos = 
         annotation  annotations:
            
             annotation.start_idx > current_pos:
                formatted += edited_response[current_pos:annotation.start_idx]

            
            formatted += (
                
            )

            current_pos = annotation.end_idx

        
         current_pos < (edited_response):
            formatted += edited_response[current_pos:]

         formatted