Agents may skip documentation and read source code directly
QGallouedec · x · 2026-08-04
A follow-up reply argues that agents often do not read docs at all—they go straight to the source code.
The implication is blunt: traditional documentation may matter less in an agent-centric workflow, because the primary reader is increasingly a machine that can inspect implementation details directly.
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