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Coding Agents Best Practices III: Verification, TDD, and Hooks

Close the agent loop with runnable checks — TDD for coding agents, visual verification, Stop hooks, and deterministic guardrails that rules files cannot enforce.

AI Playbook2026-08-046 min readintroductory

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Close the agent loop with runnable checks — TDD for coding agents, visual verification, Stop hooks, and deterministic guardrails that rules files cannot enforce.

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