AI Coder Research

Data-driven studies of AI coding assistants (Claude Opus 4.7, Codex, Cursor, etc.)

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
What Opus 4.7 Thinks It's Doing: Top Patterns It Claims to Use

When we ask an LLM to describe Opus 4.7 repos in its own words, the same 30 patterns come up over and over. This is …

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
Opus 4.7 Is Polyglot by Default

70% of Opus 4.7 repos span multiple languages. Monolingual codebases are the minority.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
Why 59% of Opus 4.7 Repos Have No Tests

A deeper look at the test gap in the Opus 4.7 corpus — and why the 11% that do write tests write them well.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
The Name-Overlap Mirage: Why 7,124 'Duplicate' Repos Aren't

59% of Opus 4.7 repos share names with community-scanned repos. Closer look reveals they're the same repos, harvested twice.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
The Licensing Gap: 81% of Opus 4.7 Repos Have No LICENSE

Opus 4.7 writes thorough README files but almost never generates a LICENSE file. 81% of repos default to "all rights reserved.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
Shallow by Design: Opus 4.7's Directory Structure

75% of Opus 4.7 repos keep their directory structure under 5 levels deep. The opposite of the "over-engineered enterprise" stereotype.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
The 45% Rule: Opus 4.7 Builds Production-Scale Code

Nearly half of Opus 4.7 repos exceed 10,000 lines of code. This isn't a demo-project corpus.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
The Top 30 Libraries Claude Opus 4.7 Actually Imports

Static analysis of 683K files reveals the real stack Claude Opus 4.7 reaches for — with numbers.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
Opus 4.7's Blind Spot: Tests Exist, CI Does Not

The top LLM-flagged risks across Opus 4.7 repos paint a consistent picture — the model writes tests but doesn't wire them up.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
Opus 4.7 Writes Short Functions — Median 9 Lines

1.3 million functions later, the verdict is in: Claude Opus 4.7 favors small, composable units.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
The shadcn/ui Dominance in Opus 4.7

How one component library became Claude Opus 4.7's default UI kit.

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AI Coder Research Apr 18, 2026
Why 72% of Opus 4.7 Code Is 'Highly Reusable

When we ask an LLM to grade every Opus 4.7 repo, 3 in 4 come back as "high reuse potential.

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