Agents

Coding agent

An agent that writes, edits, runs and tests code across a project, often from a terminal or editor.

Coding agents read a codebase, make multi-file changes and run tests to check their work. Benchmarks such as SWE-bench measure exactly this skill.

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What does Coding agent mean?

An agent that writes, edits, runs and tests code across a project, often from a terminal or editor. Coding agents read a codebase, make multi-file changes and run tests to check their work. Benchmarks such as SWE-bench measure exactly this skill.