Pulse
2026-09-18-v3.0
Dataset
2026-09-18-v3.0
Ruleset
b2e8889c66f7
Scanned
2026-09-16
Window
February–September 15, 2026
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01Result

renovatebot/renovate ↗

renovatebot/renovate AI coding statistics: 30%

of 1,464 commits in February–September 15, 2026 were committed by an AI agent — a floor, not an estimate
30% agent · top contributor 73.1%42 contributors
team

A small group is using agents. Adoption has spread beyond one person but is not project-wide.

439
agent commits
1,025
other considered commits
42
agent contributors
73.1%
largest contributor

02Drivers

What shapes this result

Mode, timing, and detected signatures show whether the result reflects broad adoption or one concentrated workflow.

Assisted or autonomous

437assisted
2autonomous

Assisted — a developer’s identity authored the commit and the agent added itself as co-author. Autonomous — a bot identity authored the commit without a human identity attached. Across the whole index, 96% of agent commits are assisted.

Agent share by month

Agent-attributed commit share by month
MonthAgent shareConsidered commits
2026-0216.1%180
2026-0313.7%183
2026-0420.7%217
2026-0514.1%170
2026-0626.1%138
2026-0729.8%161
2026-0851.1%174
2026-0959.3%241

Peak month: 59.3%. Bars are scaled to that peak, not to 100%.

Which agents

AgentVendorCommitsShare
Claude CodeAnthropic42729.2%
GitHub CopilotGitHub120.8%
Cursor AgentAnysphere40.3%

03Evidence

Inspect the matches

Public commit samples let you inspect the signatures behind the aggregate result.

Matched commit samples

  • aae889a2 on GitHubfix(datasource/go): cache the publication time of each version (#45951)Claude Code
  • 0649d9f8 on GitHubtest(datasource/go): show that `.info` timestamps are refetched (#45950)Claude Code
  • cbd9e92d on GitHubfeat(manager/github-actions): support conda-incubator/setup-miniconda versClaude Code
  • b62fe595 on GitHubfix: remove references to "bot" (#39305)GitHub Copilot
  • 183fc146 on GitHubdocs: clarify GHSA publishing timelines and CVE IDs (#45307)GitHub Copilot
  • cc5bcaaf on GitHubci: add `auto:pls-merge-main` label workflow to merge main into a PR brancGitHub Copilot
  • 795d0832 on GitHubfeat(datasource): add APK datasource support (#40250)Cursor Agent
  • a84e007f on GitHubfeat(vulnerabilities): match OSV Packagist sub-ecosystems (#45203)Cursor Agent
  • def09c26 on GitHubfix(github): use base_tree in pushFiles to avoid org ruleset file-path resCursor Agent

04Method

What entered the denominator

The result begins with commit history, removes merges and routine automation, and reports literal agent signatures as a lower bound.

Exclusion ledger

Commits in window3,238
Merge commits removed−0
CI / dependency bots removed−1,774
Considered1,464

Bots are excluded from the denominator entirely. Agent attribution requires a literal supported signature; no code-style inference is used.

05Provenance

Pinned to a source state

This observation names the repository state, release, and detector that produced it. Use these identifiers when reproducing or citing the result.

Dataset release
2026-09-18-v3.0
Scan date
2026-09-16
Ruleset
sha256:b2e8889c66f72c18a61839f0bf1a9f77b5481ba2def044dba33c797b2f2bdcae
Canonical repository
renovatebot/renovate
Default branch
main
Resolved HEAD
f6bbc9f579779222c5da821555f0474f0dab8036 ↗
Resolved
2026-09-16
Measurement window
February–September 15, 2026
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06Peer context

Position among comparable repositories

The cohort uses the same release and measurement window, then narrows to the repository’s ecosystem and removes low-activity observations.

CohortJS/TS · 376 eligible repositories · at least 100 considered commits2026-09-18-v3.0 · February–September 15, 2026 · 194 of 570 ecosystem repositories excluded
Agent-commit share position85th percentile

Midrank percentile; equal shares split the tied positions.

Repository
30%
Cohort median
5.4%
Share rank
58 / 376
0th50th100th

Percentile = (repositories below + half of 1 tied repository) ÷ 376.

Continue exploring

Claude Code commitsBrowse repositories with detected Claude Code signatures →GitHub Copilot commitsBrowse repositories with detected GitHub Copilot signatures →Cursor Agent commitsBrowse repositories with detected Cursor Agent signatures →GitHub AI commit analyzerInspect another repository with the same evidence model →
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