Uncle Bob: when auditing your agent's work, read carefully what it admits it did NOT do
unclebobmartin · x · 2026-08-24
Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) shares an agent workflow tip: always ask your agent to audit its own recent activity — and read its responses very carefully, especially the parts about gaps and things that were NOT done. "You'll often be surprised," he warns.
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