Problem
Research questions and friction points this paper is trying to address.
agentic coding
cognitive debt
project comprehension
oversight
Vibe-GUIDE: A Graph-based User Interface in IDEs for Oversight in Vibe Coding
🤖 AI Summary
为解决代理编码中开发者监督能力受限的问题，研究提出Vibe-GUIDE，一种基于图表示的IDE用户界面，并通过实验验证其能有效支持项目理解和持续的任务表现。
📝 Abstract
In agentic coding, developers shift from implementing changes themselves to specifying intent, evaluating the agent's work, and making approval decisions. However, delegating implementation can introduce cognitive debt that erodes project comprehension over time, constraining developers' ability to provide oversight. In this work, we investigate the role of persistent shared representations in supporting project comprehension and oversight of coding agents. We present Vibe-GUIDE, an agentic coding interface built around a structural, live, manipulable, and adaptive graph representation organized by functional modules. We evaluated our interface in a randomized between-subjects study comparing how 16 developers completed three cumulative coding tasks using our interface or a Chat-only baseline. We found that Vibe-GUIDE can support project comprehension and sustained task performance while keeping developers cognitively involved in oversight. These findings show how persistent shared representations can complement natural-language interaction and help developers maintain the understanding needed to oversee agent-generated changes as projects evolve.
Innovation
Methods, ideas, or system contributions that make the work stand out.
Graph-based User Interface
Persistent Shared Representations
Agentic Coding
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