Investigating Autonomous Agent Contributions in the Wild: Activity Patterns and Code Change over Time

ArXi:2604.00917v1 Announce Type: cross The rise of large language models for code has reshaped software development. Autonomous coding agents, able to create branches, open pull requests, and perform code reviews, now actively contribute to real-world projects. Their growing role offers a unique and timely opportunity to investigate AI-driven contributions and their effects on code quality, team dynamics, and software maintainability.