Simulated users test coding agents as requirements unfold across conversations

SWE-DIVE turns existing software tasks into adaptive conversations, with an 11-task preliminary evaluation reporting distinct interaction patterns and higher regression rates under unconstrained or changing requirements.

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Lorenz Brehme · Benjamin Steenhoek · Ruth Breu

University of Innsbruck · Microsoft

Research Digest··2 min read
Brehme and colleagues introduce SWE-DIVE, a framework for evaluating coding agents through conversations rather than a single complete task description.

SWE-DIVE converts existing software-engineering benchmark tasks, such as those in SWE-bench, into incremental subtasks.

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