Coding agent finds a plugin bug, fixes it, and gets the patch merged by the maintainer
MartinGTobias · x · 2026-07-26
A developer says his coding agent found a bug in a plugin installed from a Git repository, fixed it without prompting, and opened a PR with a commit comment.
The repo owner accepted the fix, shipped an upgrade, and even DM'd him to say thanks. The poster calls it “a whole new world.”
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