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The agent that writes the code cannot read the tests that grade it

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TL;DR: Letting an AI coder review its own code and tests leads to compromised code quality, test-softening, and false positives. This article introduces a practical, multi-agent governance layer inspired by the Ralph loop but hardened with two core constraints: The Locked Oracle: The coding agent i…

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  1. 2026-08-23 08:03 · DEV Community — AI
    The agent that writes the code cannot read the tests that grade it

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