For Coding Agents, the Repository Matters

arXiv:2606.28235 · cs.SE, cs.AI · Submitted 2026-06-26 · Read on arXiv

cs.SE, cs.AI

Submitted: 2026-06-26

Updated: 2026-10-20

Comments: 11 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables, followed by a 4-page supplement (Tables S1-S4, Figures S1-S2). v2: substantially revised and retitled; v1 was titled "Govern the Repository, Not the Agent: Measuring Ecosystem-Level Risk in AI-Native Software". Revised research questions, analysis and framing; replication package on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23504056)

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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