AI agents introduced several new layers to the development stack. You are probably missing this one.

Description and use

Foremerge’s coordination layer prevents silent conflicts between AI agents by having them declare their intended changes before coding and verifying compatibility before acceptance.

Problem

When multiple AI coding agents work on the same repository, their independent plans can silently conflict, leading to broken designs that surface only after a clean merge and in production.

Outcome

Foremerge prevents silent design conflicts by detecting incompatible agent intentions before code is written, ensuring that all concurrent changes can coexist and reducing post-merge failures.

Workflow

• 1. Agents write code using their preferred agent layer (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor).
• 2. Before committing, each agent declares its intended change (e.g., symbol:PaymentService=replace) to the coordination layer.
• 3. The coordination layer stores declarations and runs deterministic rules to detect conflicts.
• 4. If a conflict is found, the layer returns a finding with explanation and suggested resolution.
• 5. Agents resolve the conflict (e.g., adjust scope or operation).
• 6. Once all declarations are conflict-free, agents proceed to commit and run tests.
• 7. The coordination layer verifies the final change fingerprint against the declared intent before acceptance.
• 8. Merge proceeds safely, ensuring all in-flight work can coexist.

Evidence

Agents declare what it is about to change before writing code: a semantic scope plus an operation, like symbol:PaymentService=replace.

Source

The coordination layer is a ledger and a referee, not a planner.

Source