His team's agents keep a live wiki of decisions and status that he steers from

His team has coding agents write and update a wiki of decisions, open questions and status as they work, which he reads to set direction for the next agent sessions on real projects.

How it works

Coding agents write and update a wiki of decisions, open questions and status as they work
He reads it
Sets direction for the next agent sessions on real projects

Why it’s worth knowing

The agents document themselves well enough to manage.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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