arXiv:2610.36188v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language model (LLM) agents increasingly rely on reusable skills for complex software engineering tasks, making skill libraries essential for repository development and maintenance. However, repository-specific skills must evolve with changing code structures, implementation conventions, and maintenance requirements. Pull requests (PRs) provide

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BuilderIf you build coding agents, PR history may be a practical source for repo-specific skills that keep tests, docs, and conventions in sync.
ResearcherThe paper frames a co-evolution loop between PRs, repositories, and skills, offering a concrete setting for studying continual skill learning.

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RelevanceHow tightly this is about AI.: 78
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