Turn Github Issues Into Reviewed Code Changes With Swe Agent

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name: "Turn GitHub issues into reviewed code changes with SWE-agent"
slug: "turn-github-issues-into-reviewed-code-changes-with-swe-agent"
description: "Run SWE-agent against a repository issue so a language model can inspect files, execute commands and tests, and produce a patch for human review."
github_stars: 19162
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/SWE-agent/SWE-agent"
author: "SWE-agent"
publisher_type: "academic_open_source"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "SWE-agent/SWE-agent"
  github_stars: 19162
---

# Turn GitHub issues into reviewed code changes with SWE-agent

Run SWE-agent against a repository issue so a language model can inspect files, execute commands and tests, and produce a patch for human review.

## Prerequisites

SWE-agent; Python environment; Git repository or GitHub issue; model API credentials; test/runtime dependencies for the target project

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- July 24: [Mini-SWE-Agent](https://github.com/SWE-agent/mini-SWE-agent) achieves 65% on SWE-bench verified in 100 lines of python!

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [fix issues in real GitHub repositories](https://swe-agent.com/latest/usage/hello_world),
- [perform any custom task](https://swe-agent.com/latest/usage/coding_challenges).
- [Hello world from the command line](https://swe-agent.com/latest/usage/hello_world/)

- Source: https://github.com/SWE-agent/SWE-agent
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SWE-agent/SWE-agent/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://swe-agent.com/latest/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/turn-github-issues-into-reviewed-code-changes-with-swe-agent/)