Agentic 软件工程方法论 harness 的实证研究
原标题:Methodological Harness in Agentic Software Engineering: An Empirical Study on Mining Software Repositories
AI 摘要
该研究基于 AIDev 数据集的 116,211 个 GitHub 仓库,对其中 5,435 个进行分层分析,检验 agentic 软件工程中「方法论 harness」八项机制的可观测性。结果显示,至少采用一项机制的仓库总体占比 21.7%,高可见度仓库达 65.3%,但多机制组合配置罕见;对 150 个仓库规则文件的定性编码发现,内容多用于引导 agent 和陈述规范,而持久共享知识、可执行规范、结构化咨询与渐进式自主仅出现在少数仓库中。结论是 harness 可被经验观测,但主要以孤立机制形式存在,而非框架所设想的集成系统。
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Methodological Harness in Agentic Software Engineering: An Empirical Study on Mining Software Repositories Abstract Context. Agentic software engineering requires mechanisms that enable teams to coordinate and govern the work of agents. The framework motivating this study proposes a methodological harness composed of eight mechanisms: context engineering, persistent shared knowledge, executable specifications, N-version mindset and parallel agents, normative specifications, structured consultati