1 September 2026
Vercel deploys AI agents to manage SDK project backlog
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- Vercel, a web hosting platform, built specialized AI agents that triage issues, reproduce bugs, fix code, and review pull requests for its AI SDK project.
- Within four weeks, the agents authored 25-35% of merged pull requests and closed 70-80% of issues in a backlog exceeding 1,000 issues and 800 pull requests.
- The system demonstrates AI agents handling the full lifecycle of software maintenance tasks that typically require human engineers to sort through, understand, and resolve.
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Vercel implemented a system of specialized AI agents to triage, reproduce, fix, and review pull requests and issues for its AI SDK project. Within four weeks, the agents authored 25-35% of merged PRs and closed 70-80% of issues, addressing a backlog of over 1,000 issues and 800 PRs.