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How to define success for a coding agent

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Short answer: attach a verifiable outcome, change boundaries, required tests, and a named approver to every task. The agent should come back with evidence from the run, next to what it did not check. When you ask "fix the bug," the agent can pick a fix that looks reasonable but changes behavior you…

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  1. 2026-10-13 08:31 · DEV Community — AI
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