I stopped reviewing my coding agent's diffs file by file
Description and use
The author replaced manual diff review of AI‑generated code with an automated HTML report, enabling quick assessment of structure and correctness.
Problem
Rapid code changes from a coding agent make manual diff review difficult and time‑consuming.
Outcome
The author can now review rapid agent‑generated changes efficiently, focusing on correctness rather than reconstructing code structure.
Workflow
- 1. Install task‑view binary via curl or PowerShell
- 2. Add a skill for the agent to write a review file after each task
- 3. Agent completes a task and outputs a command like
task-view open .review/change-<task>.json - 4. Run the command to open the offline HTML page and review the change at a glance
Evidence
Now a coding agent writes most of the code. A change that took an afternoon lands in minutes, then the next one, then the next.
task-view checks every file, line and commit in it against Git, then turns it into one offline HTML page
Now I open one page, see the whole change at a glance, and spend my attention on the question that matters: is this code right?
- Record date: 2026-10-24T01:11:18.127Z