{"slug": "ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study", "title": "AI coding agents find the right file but miss the exact lines that matter, study shows", "summary": "A new study using the SWE-Explore benchmark reveals that AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex reliably locate the correct file but fail to identify most of the critical lines within it, highlighting a gap in code search that undermines repair accuracy.", "body_md": "AI coding agents like Claude Code or Codex reliably find the right file but miss most of the critical lines within it. The new SWE-Explore benchmark is the first to test code search separately from the actual repair, and it shows that without enough context, even the best fix will fail.\n\nThe article [AI coding agents find the right file but miss the exact lines that matter, study shows](https://the-decoder.com/ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study-shows/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study-shows/", "published_at": "2026-06-14 08:54:47+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-14 09:02:29.369230+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Claude Code", "Codex", "SWE-Explore"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study.jsonld"}}