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How I Screen an AI Coding Agent Before Letting It Near My Repo

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Every week another "autonomous AI coding agent" launches, and every week someone I know lets it loose on a production repository, then spends the evening reviewing a 900-line diff that touches files nobody asked it to touch. The fix isn't a better benchmark table. It's a cheap trial. The 20-minute…

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  1. 2026-10-01 02:34 · DEV Community — AI
    How I Screen an AI Coding Agent Before Letting It Near My Repo

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