Open agent · superseded
SWE-agent
Research agent from Princeton/Stanford that takes a GitHub issue and tries to fix it with your LM of choice.
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What it is
Research agent from Princeton/Stanford that takes a GitHub issue and tries to fix it with your LM of choice.
X account: no official account; maintainer @KLieret; @SWEbench is the benchmark (unverified, 413 followers)
Install
From source (docs) or GitHub Codespaces
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Models
Your LM of choice (README examples: GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4).
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Cost
Free (MIT); BYO key.
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Features
- Single YAML config; EnIGMA mode for CTF/cybersecurity raw.githubusercontent.com/SWE-agent/SWE-agent/HEAD/README.md
Use cases
No first-hand use cases found in the window we searched.
Complaints and issues
- search_dir truncates filenames containing a colon · GitHub issue
FAQ
Should I use SWE-agent or mini-swe-agent?
Maintainers recommend mini-swe-agent going forward; it matches SWE-agent's performance and is simpler.
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