Sweep

Sweep is an open-source AI agent that turns GitHub issues into pull requests by automatically planning, coding, and testing changes across your repository. When a GitHub issue is labeled for Sweep or mentioned in a specific format, the agent analyzes the issue description, searches the relevant codebase for context, plans the necessary changes, and submits a pull request with the implementation. It handles bug fixes, small features, and refactors by understanding file relationships, import structures, and existing code patterns.

As an open-source project, Sweep can be self-hosted for organizations that need full control over their data and code. It integrates directly with GitHub through a bot account, and generated pull requests go through the same CI checks and human review process as any other PR. Teams can configure which repositories and issue labels trigger automatic PR generation, and the agent respects branch protection rules and required reviewers.

Sweep is designed for development teams that want to reduce the backlog of small, well-defined tasks that consume developer time disproportionate to their complexity. Its differentiator is the issue-to-PR workflow -- rather than assisting during active development, Sweep works asynchronously from the issue tracker, converting task descriptions into reviewed code changes. This makes it particularly effective for teams with a large backlog of minor fixes, documentation updates, and incremental improvements that individually are too small to prioritize but collectively represent significant technical debt.