Code-Writing Agents
Create agents that write, debug, and optimize code autonomously
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Modern coding agents have four core capabilities: generation, debugging, refactoring, and testing. Each has different difficulty levels and reliability. Understanding when to use each is key to effective agent deployment.
Interactive: Capability Explorer
Explore each capability with difficulty and reliability metrics:
Write new code from specifications. Agent reads requirements, plans architecture, generates implementation.
Input: "Add user authentication with JWT tokens". Output: Complete auth system with login, signup, middleware, tests.
The Agent Workflow
Agent reads codebase, understands architecture, identifies relevant files. Builds mental model of system.
Break task into steps. Decide which files to modify. Plan test strategy. Consider edge cases.
Generate code across multiple files. Maintain consistency. Follow existing patterns and style.
Run tests, check types, validate logic. Iterate if tests fail. Only stop when all checks pass.
Code Generation: New features, boilerplate, API endpoints. High reliability for standard patterns.
Debugging: Production bugs, error traces, regression issues. Agents excel at hypothesis testing.
Refactoring: Legacy code, technical debt, performance optimization. Verify with extensive tests.
Testing: Always. Generate tests for everything. Increase coverage from 30% to 80%+ automatically.