# AI coding agents find the right file but miss the exact lines that matter, study shows

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/ai-coding-agents-find-the-right-file-but-miss-the-exact-lines-that-matter-study-shows/>
> Published: 2026-06-14 08:54:47+00:00

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.

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