SWE-agent
Agent / Orchestration · Autonomous issue resolution and PR generation from GitHub issues
At a glance
| Setup effort | Medium |
| Released | 2024 |
| Open source | Yes |
| Interface | Terminal/CLI |
| Model choice | BYO model |
| Guardrails | Sandboxed |
| Cost | BYO API key |
| Autonomy | Autonomous |
| Capabilities | Tool use, Multi-step planning, Shell access, Browser, Git, File editing |
What SWE-agent does
Tool use, Multi-step planning, Shell access, Browser, Git, File editing
Best for
Autonomous issue resolution and PR generation from GitHub issues
Works well with
LLM Provider / Model
Integration
Context / RAG
Conflicts & caveats
- SWE-agent with Amazon Nova Micro (≤8K max output) may struggle with multi-file edits. Use models with 16K+ output capacity.
- ⚠️ SWE-agent with on-demand context "Continue codebase indexing" may act on stale code — prefer real-time context (Cursor @codebase, Greptile, GitHub Copilot indexing, Augment Context, CocoIndex, turbopuffer).
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