Use Cases Overview

Explore how OpenHands can help with common software development challenges

OpenHands supports a wide variety of software development tasks. Here are some of the key use cases where OpenHands can help accelerate your work.

Each use case can be implemented in different ways—as a one-off conversation, a scheduled automation, a plugin, or through the SDK. Pick the approach that fits your workflow.

Vulnerability Remediation

Identify and fix security vulnerabilities in your codebase using OpenHands.

Automated Code Review

Set up automated PR reviews to maintain code quality and catch bugs early.

Incident Triage

Quickly investigate production incidents, analyze logs, and generate fixes.

COBOL Modernization

Understand, document, and modernize legacy COBOL systems while preserving business logic.

Dependency Upgrades

Automate dependency updates, handle breaking changes, and validate applications.

Spark Migrations

Analyze, migrate, and validate Apache Spark applications across versions.

Automate Any Use Case

Many use cases work best as scheduled automations. Browse ready-to-use automation templates on the Automations Overview page—just copy a prompt and paste it into OpenHands.

View Automation Templates

Ready-to-use prompts for vulnerability scans, code reviews, monitoring, and more.

Browse Plugins

Explore plugins in the OpenHands extensions repository for extended capabilities.

Build with the SDK

Build custom workflows and integrations using the Software Agent SDK.