The outcome
Produce a scoped, tested change without letting permissive defaults or autonomous execution bypass review.
Step by step
A workflow you can repeat.
- 01
Create a clean branch, capture repository status and baseline checks, and inspect project guidance, generated files, and sensitive paths.
- 02
Review global and project permission rules, changing shell, edits, external directories, web access, MCP, skills, and subagents to ask or deny where appropriate.
- 03
Give the planning agent the outcome, acceptance criteria, relevant paths, non-goals, and validation commands, then approve a minimal implementation plan.
- 04
Use the coding agent interactively, reviewing every consequential action, changed file, dependency, command, test result, and attempt to broaden scope.
- 05
Run trusted checks independently, inspect the complete diff and usage cost, and merge or deploy only through the repository's normal human-approved workflow.
Working standard
What good use looks like.
- Audit defaults before the first prompt.
- Use interactive mode for consequential work.
- Keep release actions human-controlled.
Official references