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SWE-agent: interfaces change outcomes
How search, editing and feedback help the same model
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1. SWE-agent: interfaces change outcomes
How search, editing and feedback help the same model
2. A model needs its own IDE-like interface
3. The ACI shapes both command and feedback
4. Resolved means the repository tests pass
5. SWE-agent resolves 12.47% of full SWE-bench
6. The ACI adds 7 pp over Shell-only
7. Good search forces a narrower query
8. Iterative search is worse than none
9. The file window keeps the agent oriented
10. One edit returns the updated state
11. A rejected edit must enable recovery
12. The editor contributes more than linting
13. Old output becomes a placeholder; actions stay
14. Maximum context loses to selection here
15. Successful runs reproduce and locate first
16. Agents succeed quickly and fail slowly
17. Six attempts expand the solvable task set
18. Half of failures: wrong or narrow fixes
19. Transfer the method, not the constants
20. Design actions, measure whole tasks