# The Present and Future of Bots in Software Engineering

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.01254 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2207.01254/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 1 of its 6 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 4 Jul 2022.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [An Empirical Study of Bots in Software Development -- Characteristics and Challenges from a Practitioner's Perspective](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2005.13969/) (2020)

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [AIDev: Studying AI Coding Agents on GitHub](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.09185/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We are witnessing a massive adoption of software engineering bots, applications that react to events triggered by tools and messages posted by users and run automated tasks in response, in a variety of domains. This thematic issues describes experiences and challenges with these bots.