Agents read context to fix code, ignoring bad naming
dotey · x · 2026-08-17
Addressing concerns about misleading semantic search in legacy code with poor naming, it's noted that agents don't just guess keywords but read code snippets relying on context. For instance, when a program crashes, an agent locates the error via logs, then reads related code to gather sufficient context before generating a fix.
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