---
id: "yang-swe-agent"
title: "SWE-agent: Agent-Computer Interfaces Enable Automated Software Engineering"
creator: "John Yang et al."
creator_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15793"
url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15793"
level: "advanced"
level_max: null
category: "agents"
subcategory: "coding-agents"
region: "West"
license: "open"
license_scope: "linked-resource"
models: ["any"]
source_date: "2024-05-06"
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

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# SWE-agent: Agent-Computer Interfaces Enable Automated Software Engineering

by [John Yang et al.](https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15793)

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Research on how the agent-computer interface influences software-engineering performance.

This research examines how the interface available to an agent affects software-engineering tasks. It is relevant when designing a harness and deciding what operations the model should be able to perform.

Level: [Advanced](/levels/index.md#advanced)
Models: any
Category: [Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)
Tags: [research](/tags/research/index.md), [coding-agents](/tags/coding-agents/index.md)
Source date: 2024-05-06
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok
Prerequisites: Requires implementation experience or critical reading of technical methods and system trade-offs.
Subcategory: [coding agents](/agents/coding-agents/index.md)
Region: West
Original language: en
Access: free
Resource reuse: open: Source states by/4.0. Applies to the linked resource, not every referenced model or dataset. [Facet definitions](/about/index.md#facets)

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