Vercel builds a software factory for AI SDK, AI agents write 35% of PRs

lgrammel · x · 2026-08-20

Vercel engineers share how they built a 'software factory' using AI agents to maintain the popular AI SDK. With over 20 million weekly downloads and a backlog of 1,000+ issues, manual maintenance became impossible. The AI factory now authors 25-35% of merged PRs and closes 70-80% of issues. The post details the decision process, implementation, and lessons learned about software factories.

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