Stripe's Minions turn a coding request into a proposed code change that an engineer can review. The agents work in prepared, isolated development environments, gather relevant internal context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition →, write code, and run checks. Automated test feedback gives them an opportunity to repair failures before handing the branch back. Stripe's first account reports more than 1,000 merged pull requests per week containing entirely AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition →-written code, with human review. That measures accepted output, not the success rate of every attempt. Engineers can provide further instructions or finish an incomplete result themselves.
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context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
