Kornia maintainer finds coding agents ignore docs and only read docstrings
gabriberton · x · 2026-10-26
Kornia maintainer duchaaiki is experimenting with how library authors can help agents use their APIs correctly. Finding: docs may sit in the agent's training knowledge, but agents don't consult them at runtime—they only inspect code and docstrings. gabriberton notes the risk: dropping docs means updates take months to enter LLM knowledge. The thread explores a new frontier for library maintainers: designing for agent usability.
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