Minions: Stripe’s one-shot, end-to-end coding agents
Feb 9, 2026
Summary
This post introduces Stripe's 'Minions,' one-shot, end-to-end coding agents that merge over a thousand pull requests weekly. It details how these agents write code from start to finish, with human review, and focuses on the technical implementation and architectural details of their operation.
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