Using Meta-Agents to Iteratively Improve Coding Agents
tokenbender · x · 2026-07-14
The author mentions an ICML submission from earlier this year with @hexoai and @PranKer, exploring whether meta agents can iteratively improve a target agent based on mini-swe-agent, independent of task categories and applicable to any task bucket.
They focused on two core questions:
- Is this "auto-improving agent" mechanism feasible?
- How should its effectiveness be measured?
The author notes the work began when models just reached the "good enough" threshold for this direction (noted as Dec '25), and subsequent rapid model progress has kept it interesting. They add that the poster garnered significant attention at the ICML venue.
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