A PR review checklist argues most features should start as plugins
NathanWilbanks_ · x · 2026-07-23
Nathan Wilbanks says he spends a lot of time reviewing PRs, and that he rejects most of them for concrete reasons rather than speed.
His failure modes list is a useful engineering checklist for agentic code workflows:
- Scope creep: a small fix turns into a full subsystem rewrite.
- Duplicate functions: contributors don’t check whether the code already exists.
- Blast radius: changes touch sensitive areas like DB, auth, or runtime engines.
- Style issues: code doesn’t follow lint, UI, or project conventions.
- Should have been a plugin: many features should remain modular instead of being baked into the core.
The core argument is that AGNT should build systems, not become a bloated all-in-one box.
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