AI coding tools divide into collaborators that initiate most PRs and assistants that support human-led ones, yet humans retain merge authority across all five tools examined.
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Collaborator or Assistant? How AI Coding Agents Partition Work Across Pull Request Lifecycles
AI coding tools divide into collaborators that initiate most PRs and assistants that support human-led ones, yet humans retain merge authority across all five tools examined.