I Built an Approval Gate for AI Coding Agents — Meet Friday Protocol

Description and use

<p>AI coding agents can be incredibly productive.</p> <p>They can inspect a codebase, propose a solution, modify files, run tests, and keep going with very little supervision.</p> <p>But I kept thinking about one question:</p> <p><strong>What if the agent starts implementing the wrong plan before I have a chance to review it?</strong></p> <p>The problem isn't necessarily that the AI cannot write code. Sometimes, the problem is that it can move from planning to execution too quickly.</p> <p>I wanted a workflow where an agent could still work autonomously, but not skip the moment when a human ne

Problem

<p>AI coding agents can be incredibly productive.</p> <p>They can inspect a codebase, propose a solution, modify files, run tests, and keep going with very little supervision.</p> <p>But I kept thinking about one question:</p> <p><strong>What if the agent starts implementing the wrong plan before I have a chance to review it?</strong></p> <p>The problem isn't necessarily that the AI cannot write code. Sometimes, the problem is that it can move from planning to execution too quickly.</p> <p>I wanted a workflow where an agent could still work autonomously, but not skip the moment when a human ne

Outcome

<p>AI coding agents can be incredibly productive.</p> <p>They can inspect a codebase, propose a solution, modify files, run tests, and keep going with very little supervision.</p> <p>But I kept thinking about one question:</p> <p><strong>What if the agent starts implementing the wrong plan before I have a chance to review it?</strong></p> <p>The problem isn't necessarily that the AI cannot write code. Sometimes, the problem is that it can move from planning to execution too quickly.</p> <p>I wanted a workflow where an agent could still work autonomously, but not skip the moment when a human ne

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I Built an Approval Gate for AI Coding Agents — Meet Friday Protocol

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