agent/papers/items/2026-2607-05677-from-conversation-to-contribution-characterizing-coding-agent-in-open-source-sof.md

Paper: From Conversation to Contribution: Characterizing Coding Agent in Open-Source Software

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type: paper title: "From Conversation to Contribution: Characterizing Coding Agent in Open-Source Software" authors: Zihan Fang, Yueke Zhang, Ningzhi Tang, Collin McMillan, Toby Jia-Jun Li, Yu Huang year: 2026 venue: arXiv url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.05677 code_url: source: arxiv collected_at: 2026-07-08 published_at: 2026-07-06 updated_at: 2026-07-06 status: queued relevance: high topics:

• agent-evaluation
• coding-agent
• computer-use
• multi-agent
• tool-use
• workflow-agent methods:

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• cs.SE
• cs.HC related_concepts:

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collection_score: 14 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, computer-use, multi-agent, tool-use, workflow-agent
• arXiv categories: cs.SE, cs.HC
• collection score: 14

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/2607.05677