Software Engineering

SWE-bench CLI

Tests whether an AI coding agent can diagnose and deliver a validated, multi-file change in a real open-source repository, navigating code, tests, dependencies, and tooling through the command line.

overview

SWE-bench CLI evaluates whether an agent can complete substantive software engineering work inside an unfamiliar repository. Tasks require agents to inspect the codebase, understand a change request, modify multiple files, run tests, diagnose failures, and leave the repository in a verified state.

The benchmark spans backend systems, developer tooling, front-end interfaces, language runtimes, networking, storage, infrastructure, machine learning, scientific computing, and security.

At a glance

200

frontier tasks

11

languages

10

technical domains

8

task types

Leaderboard

Rank Model Pass@1 Pass@5 Cost / Trial Cost / Task
1 Fable 5.1
14.5%
26.2%
$12.99 $64.93
2 Claude Opus 5
14%
24.7%
$23.73 $118.64
3 GPT-6 Astra
12.4%
18.8%
$2.16 $10.8
4 Gemini Flash 3.8
6.3%
14.1%
$4.61 $23.06
5 Grok 4.6
5.7%
13%
$3.3 $16.5
6 Qwen 3.8 Max
4.9%
10.5%
$3.15 $15.77
7 Kimi K3
4.1%
11.9%
$6.09 $30.45
8 GLM 5.3
3.5%
10.8%
$8.19 $40.96
9 DeepSeek V4 Pro
2.3%
5.2%
$2.2 $10.98
10 Muse Spark 1.3
2.2%
5.7%
$5.09 $25.47
11 Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B
0.5%
1.1%
$4.62 $23.11

Frontier performance

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Methodology

Evaluator

Harbor runs repository-level fail-to-pass and pass-to-pass test suites against the agent’s resulting code. Task metadata and rubric checks provide additional requirements for correctness.
timeout
Task-specific agent and verifier timeouts bound each CLI trace. All evaluations run in reproducible, network-disabled Docker environments.
integration

Each task includes a containerized repository, natural-language problem statement, reference patch, test configuration, and CLI-accessible development environment.

scoring note

The task reward is binary. A task receives credit only when all required tests pass. Golden changes must represent substantive engineering work spanning at least two files.

Behind the benchmark

Many coding evaluations reduce software engineering to generating a plausible patch. Real repository work requires navigating unfamiliar code, tracing behavior across files, selecting the right tests, diagnosing failures, and preserving existing functionality.

SWE-bench CLI focuses on that complete workflow. It measures whether an agent can operate as a software engineer inside a real codebase, not merely produce code that looks correct in isolation.

More benchmarks

Agentic Coding

Agentic Coding 2.0

Evaluating whether coding agents can plan, execute, verify, and recover across complex terminal-native engineering tasks.

By pass@1
1
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GPT-6 Astra
47.6%
2
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Fable 5.1
39.6%
3
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Opus 5
38.9%
Enterprise Environments

SnorkelUnderwrite 2.0

Measures an agent’s ability to turn incomplete, distributed insurance evidence into an auditable underwriting decision while respecting authority and policy constraints.

By pass@1
1
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GLM 5.3
30.4%
2
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DeepSeek V4 Pro
28.5%
3
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Kimi K3
27.9%
Enterprise Environments

SnorkelManufacturing

Measures how well AI agents can turn fragmented plant-floor, engineering, and supplier evidence into safe, technically defensible decisions and actions.

By pass@1
1
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Grok 4.6
16.4%
2
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GLM 5.3
11.9%
3
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Fable 5.1
11.3%
Enterprise Environments

SnorkelRevOps

Tests whether AI agents can reconcile revenue systems, enforce hard commercial controls, and carry a decision through to the correct business state.

By pass@1
1
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Grok 4.6
15.8%
2
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Fable 5.1
14.0%
3
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Kimi K3
13.1%
Enterprise Environments

SnorkelFinance 2.0

Scores how agents gather evidence, perform financial analysis, follow compliance constraints, and complete required state updates in a simulated environment.

By pass@1
1
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Grok 4.6
25.1%
2
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GLM 5.3
21.2%
3
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Fable 5.1
19.6%
Enterprise Environments

SnorkelLegal

Evaluates AI agents on whether they can advance a legal matter while preserving the chain from controlling evidence to procedure, authority, and action.

By pass@1
1
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Grok 4.6
40.7%
2
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GLM 5.3
37.8%
3
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Muse Spark 1.3
36.5%
Knowledge Work

WorkplaceAgents

Evaluates AI agents on economically valuable professional work and verifiable workplace deliverables.

By pass@1
1
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Muse Spark 1.3
17.7%
2
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Grok 4.6
17.1%
3
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Fable 5.1
15.8%
Agentic Coding

Terminal-Bench 4.0

A benchmark to measure and evolve with the frontier of agent work: real terminal environments, real software engineering tasks, and a rolling task set that is revised as agents catch up to it.

By Resolution Rate
1
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GPT-6 Astra
58.2%
2
Image
Fable 5.1
57.9%
3
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Opus 5
53.9%
Scientific & Research Workflows

Terminal-Bench-Science

A benchmark for evaluating AI agents on workflows from researchers’ own work. Scientists, not model developers or vendors, set the bar for scientific capability in AI.

By Resolution Rate
1
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Fable 5.1
40.0%
2
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Opus 5
30.0%
3
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GPT-5.6 Sol
22.4%
Agentic Coding

Terminal-Bench 3.0

The next frontier benchmark for agent work. A harder, more domain-diverse successor to Terminal-Bench 2.1 — built in the open, task by task, under continuous adversarial review.

By Resolution Rate
1
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Opus 5
42.7%
2
Image
GPT-5.6 Sol
34.6%
3
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Fable 5
34.1%
Computer Use

OSWorld 2.0

Long-horizon professional workflows with verifiable outcomes across 55 sub-industries. 147 public tasks of a 1,500+ task corpus, sourced and validated by 300+ industry experts.

By binary accuracy (500 steps)
1
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Opus 5 · max
44.33%
2
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Opus 5 · xhigh
36.89%
3
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Opus 5 · high
33.33%
Software Engineering

Senior SWE-Bench

Evaluating coding agents on senior-level engineering work.

Tasteful Solve Rate
1
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Fable 5.1
34.7%
2
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Fable 5
34.7%
3
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Opus 5
34.7%
Knowledge Work

Agents’ Last Exam

Evaluating AI agents on long-horizon, economically valuable professional workflows with verifiable outcomes.

By Binary Accuracy
1
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GPT-6 Astra
34.2
2
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Muse Spark 1.3
32.2%
3
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Opus 5
31.6%
Software Engineering

SlopCode Bench

Measures code quality degradation in AI-assisted codebases. Tracks checkpoint solve rates, erosion (code bloat), and verbosity under realistic repo conditions.

Top Models by Iso Solve
1
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GPT-5.5
28.06%
2
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GPT-5.3-Codex
26.02%
3
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GPT-5.4
23.47%
Capability/Efficiency

Continual Learning Bench

Evaluates whether AI systems improve from prior experience across sequential, stateful tasks, measuring real in-context learning, not just raw capability.

Top Systems (Agg. Reward)
1
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Sonnet 4.6 · ICL
+0.196
2
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GPT-5.4 · ICL
+0.189
3
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Sonnet 4.6 · Claude Code
+0.185
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