Autonomous Long-Running Coding Agents
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Autonomous coding agents are evolving beyond better prompts toward structured control systems — goals, loops, evaluators, and verifiers that let agents work independently for hours. The key is designing the system around the agent: defining measurable success criteria, pairing deterministic checks with LLM-based evaluation, and using live artifacts to maintain visibility. Engineers who master this shift move from having a conversation with a model to building a reliable autonomous harness.
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