Coding Agent
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Practical example
A coding agent generates, edits, and tests code autonomously. Examples: GitHub Copilot Workspace, Aider, Cursor Agent mode. The operational metric: how often does the agent's code work on the first try (Pass@1)? A coding agent with Pass@1 > 60% is a 2× productivity multiplier; <30% is a net negative (more time debugging than saving).
Workflow example
Coding agent workflow: (1) define task in a spec file with acceptance criteria, (2) agent reads codebase (RAG over repo), (3) agent generates code, runs tests, iterates on failures, (4) human reviews diff before merge, (5) monitor: Pass@1 rate, average iterations to pass, lines of code accepted vs rejected. Deploy coding agents with file-system sandboxing — they should NOT have write access outside the project directory.