Who Writes the Docs in SE 3.0?
Abstract
As software engineering moves toward SE 3.0, AI agents are increasingly used to carry out development tasks and contribute changes to software projects. It is therefore important to understand the extent of these contributions and how human developers review and intervene, since these factors shape the risks of delegating work to AI agents. While recent studies have examined how AI agents support software development tasks (e.g., code generation, issue resolution, and PR automation), their role in documentation tasks remains underexplored–even though documentation is widely consumed and shapes how developers understand and use software.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Software Engineering Research
Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR)
- Pages
- 974–978
- Publication date
- 13 April 2026