---
id: "yang-swe-agent"
title: "SWE-agent: Agent-Computer Interfaces Enable Automated Software Engineering"
creator: "John Yang et al."
url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15793"
level: "expert"
category: "agents"
models: ["any"]
source_date: "2024-05-06"
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)

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

by John Yang et al.

[Read the original →](https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.15793)

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: [Expert](/levels/index.md#expert)
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

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