agent/papers/items/2026-2606-22417-code-isn-t-memory-a-structural-codebase-index-inside-a-coding-agent.md

Paper: Code Isn't Memory: A Structural Codebase Index Inside a Coding Agent

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type: paper title: "Code Isn't Memory: A Structural Codebase Index Inside a Coding Agent" authors: Ishaan Bhola, Adithyan Krishnan, Sravanth Kurmala, Mukunda NS year: 2026 venue: arXiv url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.22417 code_url: source: arxiv collected_at: 2026-07-08 published_at: 2026-06-21 updated_at: 2026-06-21 status: queued relevance: high topics:

• agent-evaluation
• coding-agent
• memory
• rag methods:

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collection_score: 19 collection_queries: coding-agent

One-line Takeaway

Auto-collected from arXiv because it matched the Agent collection queries. Needs human skim.

Why Collected

• matched queries: coding-agent
• inferred topics: agent-evaluation, coding-agent, memory, rag
• arXiv categories: cs.AI
• collection score: 19

Review Checklist

• Does this paper directly inform Agent architecture, evaluation, memory, tools, safety, coding agents, GUI/browser agents, or multi-agent workflows?
• Does it include a benchmark, dataset, code, or reproducible experimental setup?
• Should it be promoted from queued to skimmed or summarized?

Links

• arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.22417