Deleting a tool enabled agents to autonomously run 63 tickets to PR: engineering practice
EquivalentGuitar7140 · reddit · 2026-08-15
A developer shares how removing the 'ask-user' tool enabled AI agents to autonomously process tickets to merged PRs, with design principles like assumption budgets, layered transport/judgment, and machine-checked completion. Ran for 4 months, handling 63 tickets.
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