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Shift from prose to automated gates for coding agent rules

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer argues that repository instructions for coding agents should be enforced by automated checks, not just written rules. They propose starting with one repeated, mechanically detectable failure and building a gate. The approach is demonstrated with a CLI tool that catches TypeScript 'any' usage.

Meridian48 take
The piece offers a practical workflow improvement, but its impact is limited to teams already using AI coding agents and willing to invest in custom tooling.
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