Guidelines for effective use of Open SWE
AGENTS.md
file in your repository root to provide project-specific context. This helps Open SWE understand your codebase conventions and requirements.
AGENTS.md
file.open-swe
vs open-swe-max
open-swe
: Uses Claude Sonnet 4
open-swe-max
: Uses Claude Opus 4 (only for the planning and code writing agents)
-auto
labels)
It’s recommended to use the auto mode for most tasks. Open SWE is very good at planning, and in most cases it does not need a manual review before execution.
If you’re running Open SWE against an open-ended or very complex task, you may want to use manual mode to review the plan before execution.
open-swe
: Manual mode with Sonnet 4open-swe-auto
: Auto mode with Sonnet 4open-swe-max
: Manual mode with Opus 4open-swe-max-auto
: Auto mode with Opus 4-dev
to all labels (e.g.,
open-swe-dev
, open-swe-auto-dev
).