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AI coding agents find the right file but miss the exact lines that matter, study shows

AI coding agents like Claude Code or Codex reliably find the right file but miss most of the critical lines within it. The new SWE-Explore benchmark is the first to test code search separately from the actual repair, and it shows that without enough context, even the best fix will fail. The article AI coding agents find the right file but miss the exact lines that matter, study shows appeared first on The Decoder.

AI coding agents find the right file but miss the exact lines that matter, study shows
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Published June 14, 2026 · Category: AI Briefing

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AI coding agents like Claude Code or Codex reliably find the right file but miss most of the critical lines within it. The new SWE-Explore benchmark is the first to test code search separately from the actual repair, and it shows that without enough context, even the best fix will fail.

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The article AI coding agents find the right file but miss the exact lines that matter, study shows appeared first on The Decoder.

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Originally published at the-decoder.com.

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