Practical overview
When it fits
Use Swe Af when a repository task benefits from coordinated planning, implementation, testing and pull-request preparation, including work that spans a primary codebase and dependency repositories.
Who it is for
- Software teams automating repository-based engineering work
- Developers coordinating changes across an application and related repositories
- Teams evaluating multi-agent coding, review and testing workflows
Documented uses
- Turn a software goal into a coordinated engineering workflow
- Generate and modify code in a target repository
- Run planning, coding, review and testing stages through specialized agents
- Prepare pull-request-oriented changes across one or more repositories
Requirements & limits
The repository is public, identifies Apache-2.0 licensing, and documents cloud, server and self-hosted AgentField environments. The quick-start badge identifies Python 3.12 or later, and the CLI example requires af version 0.1.87 or later.
- The workflow depends on AgentField as its runtime foundation.
- Model selection is configurable by role, including default, coder and QA assignments.
- Single-repository requests can use a remote URL or local path.
- Multi-repository builds distinguish a primary repository from dependency repositories; failures in those roles are handled differently.
- The documented interface supports both the af CLI and a raw HTTP request.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Set up a repository build request
Prepare a documented SWE-AF build invocation for a software repository.
Before you start
- AgentField command-line interface version 0.1.87 or later for the CLI example
- A remote repository URL or local repository path
- An AgentField runtime and supported model assignments when configuring roles
- Python 3.12 or later, as identified in the repository README badge
Steps
Define the engineering goal and provide either repo_url or repo_path.
Choose the AgentField runtime in the configuration, such as claude_code, and assign models for the default, coder or qa roles as needed.
Invoke swe-planner.build through the af CLI or the documented HTTP endpoint.
For work spanning codebases, provide config.repos with primary and dependency roles.
Expected outcome
A submitted SWE-AF engineering build request with a single- or multi-repository scope and configured agent roles.
Guide limitations
- The supplied documentation describes the request interface and workflow but does not establish deployment, execution success or compatibility beyond those documented requirements.
Compare options for Agent orchestration
These projects document a common task and share a project role. This is a source-based comparison, not an execution benchmark or a guarantee of interchangeability.
| Project | Documented purpose | Platform | Access and requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swe Af | Turn a software goal into a coordinated engineering workflow | Cloud, Self-hosted, Server | The repository is public, identifies Apache-2.0 licensing, and documents cloud, server and self-hosted AgentField environments. The quick-start badge identifies Python 3.12 or later, and the CLI example requires af version 0.1.87 or later. |
| Bedrock Engineer | Create project folders and files, read and write project content, and manage project structure. | Cloud, Web | The README describes a native app with downloads for macOS and Windows and build targets for macOS, Windows and Linux. Users must configure AWS credentials. The repository lists an MIT-0 license. |
| Agor | Run coding-agent tasks in separate Git branches with distinct environments and conversation histories. | CLI, Web | The repository documents an npm installation for self-hosting and also points to Agor Cloud Open Beta. It requires Node.js 22.12 or later and Git for the documented npm setup. |
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 4 October 2026
- Original website title
- Agent-Field/SWE-AF · Official homepage title · retained in its source language