# Designing Libraries and SDKs for Human Developers and Coding Agents

DevFeed: [Designing Libraries and SDKs for Human Developers and Coding Agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sdks-in-an-ai-world-28106.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://commonsware.com/blog/2026/08/22/sdks-ai-world.html>)

Author: CommonsWare

Published: 2026-08-22T17:08:47Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [The CommonsBlog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-commonsblog.md>)

Topics: [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Agentic development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agentic-development.md>), [Documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/documentation.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/test.md>), [Specifications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/specifications.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [sdks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdks.md>), [specifications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/specifications.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that library and SDK authors should support both human developers and coding agents. It recommends clear source-code comments, generated API documentation, robust and runnable test suites, coverage analysis, and language-neutral specifications with conformance tests to clarify intended behavior and support faithful ports.

## Source excerpt

Let's explore how we can succeed with libraries and SDKs at a time when coding agents will be consuming what we create, as will ordinary developers