# Choose a coding model

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## Choose a coding model

Compare coding evaluations before choosing a model and harness for repository work.

Decision question: Which model and harness combination should handle this repository task?

When to revisit: Before changing the coding model or harness, or after a relevant evaluation or repository requirement changes.

Agent research task: Prepare a source-linked comparison for the same evaluation setting. Separate publisher-reported results from results we reproduced; leave incompatible settings side by side without a combined rank.

Compare:

- benchmark version and split
- model and harness revision
- task population and exclusions
- resolved tasks and denominator
- cost and tool budget

Sources:

- [SWE-bench](https://www.swebench.com/): Coding-agent evaluations over repository issues, with separate benchmark variants and harness settings. Read the official leaderboard and evaluation documentation; this directory does not mirror its results. Pin the evaluation split, harness and result source. Check each code and dataset licence before reuse.
- [Stanford HELM](https://github.com/stanford-crfm/helm): Reproducible evaluation framework with scenario, metric and result references. The official project links its evaluation suites and published results. Pin the suite, model version and evaluator. Check dataset licences independently from the framework licence.

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