arxivcs.HC2026-07-10
Configurable AI Coding Assistants: Designing For Developers Who Like to Be in Control
Ekaterina Koshchenko, Jovana Stankovic, Ilya Zakharov, Agnia Sergeyuk
AI coding assistants are now widely used in professional development, yet they offer only limited ways for developers to control how they behave. In this paper, we investigate what kinds of configurations experienced developers want in coding assistants, how they prioritize diffe…