Multi-Agent Coding

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Multi-agent coding studies whether AI systems can solve programming tasks more reliably by dividing work among agents with roles such as planner, coder, tester, and reviewer. Common approaches include dependency-aware task decomposition, adaptive communication topologies, shared workspaces, and feedback from tests, compilers, or runtime tools. Systems are evaluated on settings ranging from competitive-programming benchmarks to repository-level bug fixing and code editing. A central tension is that collaboration can improve correctness and speed, but extra agents also add cost and can introduce conflicts, duplicated work, or errors that pass between agents.

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  1. SWE-Edit: Rethinking Code Editing for Efficient SWE-Agent

    Apr 28, 2026Yikai Zhang, Jiaxin Pei, Kenan Li +9AI Coding AgentsMulti-Agent Coding

    1Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United States · 3Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), Stanford University · Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison

  2. SAFEdit: Does Multi-Agent Decomposition Resolve the Reliability Challenges of Instructed Code Editing?

    Apr 28, 2026Noam Tarshish, Nofar Selouk, Daniel Hodisan +4Execution-Guided Code GenerationMulti-Agent Coding

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · Beer Sheva, Israel

  3. Constraint-Guided Multi-Agent Decompilation for Executable Binary Recovery

    Apr 27, 2026Yifan Zhang, Xiaohan Wang, Yueke Zhang +2Software Reverse EngineeringMulti-Agent Coding

    Vanderbilt University

  4. PhysCodeBench: Benchmarking Physics-Aware Symbolic Simulation of 3D Scenes via Self-Corrective Multi-Agent Refinement

    Apr 26, 2026Tianyidan Xie, Peiyu Wang, Hu Jiaxin +9LLM-Based Program SynthesisScientific Code Generation

    Nanjing University · Skywork AI · Jilin University +2

  5. Strategic Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Architecture for Cost-Effective Code Vulnerability Detection

    Apr 23, 2026Zhaohui Geoffrey WangGame TheorySoftware Vulnerability Detection

    University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA

  6. ChipCraftBrain: Validation-First RTL Generation via Multi-Agent Orchestration

    Apr 21, 2026Cagri EryilmazElectronic Design AutomationCode Generation

    ChipCraftX San Francisco, CA

  7. CollabCoder: Plan-Code Co-Evolution via Collaborative Decision-Making for Efficient Code Generation

    Apr 15, 2026Duy Tung Doan, Quang Huy Phung, Dzung Nguyen +1Code GenerationAgentic Code Generation

    Viettel AI, Viettel Group, Vietnam · Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam

  8. AgentForge: Execution-Grounded Multi-Agent LLM Framework for Autonomous Software Engineering

    Apr 13, 2026Rajesh Kumar, Waqar Ali, Junaid Ahmed +2Software Engineering AgentsMulti-Agent Coding

    International Research Center for Complexity Sciences, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou, 311115, China · Department of Computer Science, College of Science, Mathematics and Technology, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou 325060, China · Fakulti Teknologi Maklumat dan Komunikasi, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka 76100, Malaysia +2

  9. From Helpful to Trustworthy: LLM Agents for Pair Programming

    Apr 11, 2026Ragib Shahariar AyonAI-Assisted Software DevelopmentSoftware Engineering Agents

    Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA

  10. Credit-Budgeted ICPC-Style Coding: When Agents Must Pay for Every Decision

    Apr 11, 2026Lingfeng Zhou, Junhao Shi, Jin Gao +1Software Engineering AgentsAI Agent Benchmarks

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Shanghai Innovation Institute

  11. The AI Codebase Maturity Model: From Assisted Coding to Fully Autonomous Systems

    Apr 10, 2026Andy AndersonAI-Assisted Software DevelopmentSoftware Engineering

    IBM Research — Hybrid Cloud and AI Platform

  12. Enhancing LLM Problem Solving via Tutor-Student Multi-Agent Interaction

    Apr 10, 2026Nurullah Eymen Özdemir, Erhan OztopMulti-Agent LLM SystemsLLM Agents

    Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkiye · Symbiotic Intelligent Systems Research Center, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, The University of Osaka, Japan.

  13. ReCodeAgent: A Multi-agent Workflow for Language-Agnostic Translation and Validation of Large-Scale Repositories

    Apr 8, 2026Ali Reza Ibrahimzada, Brandon Paulsen, Daniel Kroening +1Code TranslationSoftware Engineering Agents

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL, USA · Amazon Arlington, VA, USA · Amazon Seattle, WA, USA

  14. A Multi-agent AI System for Deep Learning Model Migration from TensorFlow to JAX

    Mar 28, 2026Stoyan Nikolov, Bernhard Konrad, Moritz Gronbach +5AI Coding AgentsMulti-Agent Coding

    Google Munich, Germany · Google Mountain View, California, USA · Google Sunnyvale, California, USA

  15. Can AI Models Direct Each Other? Organizational Structure as a Probe into Training Limitations

    Mar 27, 2026Rui LiuMulti-Agent CodingLLM Agent Orchestration

    Independent Researcher

  16. Agent Factories for High Level Synthesis: How Far Can General-Purpose Coding Agents Go in Hardware Optimization?

    Mar 26, 2026Abhishek Bhandwaldar, Mihir Choudhury, Ruchir Puri +1Electronic Design AutomationMulti-Agent Coding

    IBM Corporation

  17. The Specification Gap: Coordination Failure Under Partial Knowledge in Code Agents

    Mar 25, 2026Camilo Chacón SartoriMulti-Agent CodingMulti-Agent Coordination

    Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

  18. SEMAG: Self-Evolutionary Multi-Agent Code Generation

    Mar 16, 2026Yulin Peng, Haowen Hou, Xinxin Zhu +2Agentic Code GenerationLLM Code Generation

    College of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Shenzhen University, China · Guangdong Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy (SZ), China · School of Information Technology, Carleton University, Canada

  19. Coding with Eyes: Visual Feedback Unlocks Reliable GUI Code Generating and Debugging

    Mar 14, 2026Zhilin Liu, Ye Huang, Ting Xie +3Code GenerationCode Generation Benchmarks

    Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Study, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

  20. AI-for-Science Low-code Platform with Bayesian Adversarial Multi-Agent Framework

    Mar 3, 2026Zihang Zeng, Jiaquan Zhang, Pengze Li +2Scientific Code GenerationAI for Science

    Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Incubation Institute, Fudan University · Shanghai Innovation Institute · Shanghai Academy of AI for Science

  21. StitchCUDA: An Automated Multi-Agents End-to-End GPU Programing Framework with Rubric-based Agentic Reinforcement Learning

    Mar 3, 2026Shiyang Li, Zijian Zhang, Winson Chen +3Program SynthesisGPU Kernel Generation

    University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA.

  22. SWE-Adept: An LLM-Based Agentic Framework for Deep Codebase Analysis and Structured Issue Resolution

    Mar 1, 2026Kang He, Kaushik RoyCode LocalizationMulti-Agent Coding

    Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University

  23. Debug2Fix: Can Interactive Debugging Help Coding Agents Fix More Bugs?

    Feb 20, 2026Spandan Garg, Yufan HuangCoding AgentsAutomated Program Repair

    Microsoft USA

  24. AgentConductor: Topology Evolution for Multi-Agent Competition-Level Code Generation

    Feb 19, 2026Siyu Wang, Ruotian Lu, Zhihao Yang +7LLM Agent Workflow OptimizationMulti-Agent Coding

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Meituan

  25. Declarative by Design, Assistable Only by Convention: Benchmarking Multi-Agent Frameworks for AI-Assistability

    Feb 3, 2026Shafiuddin Rehan Ahmed, Sourabh DeshpandeAI Agent BenchmarksCode Generation Evaluation

    Center for Advanced AI, Accenture · Mountain View, California, USA

  26. Re4: Scientific Computing Agent with Rewriting, Resolution, Review and Revision

    Aug 28, 2025Ao Cheng, Lei Zhang, Guowei HeScientific Code GenerationExecution-Guided Code Generation

    The State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China · School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China