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Agentic software engineering: working with coding agents

Learn to work with AI coding agents hands on: task specs, context files, tests as guardrails, reviewing changes, CI steps and budgets.

6 lessons390 min lessonSoftware engineering

The lessons

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  1. 1 · Container lab

    Writing a task a coding agent can do

    I can write a task specification that a coding agent can finish and I can check.

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  2. 2 · Container lab

    Context files for coding agents

    I can write a short context file that tells a coding agent how to work in a repository.

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  3. 3 · Container lab

    Tests as guardrails for coding agents

    I can write a failing test first so that a coding agent's work is checked.

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  4. 4 · Container lab

    Reviewing a coding agent's change set by risk

    I can sort a coding agent's change set by risk before I read it.

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  5. 5 · Container lab

    Coding agents in a CI pipeline

    I can design a pipeline step for a coding agent with a person's approval before the merge.

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  6. 6 · Container lab

    Budgets, stop rules and what not to delegate

    I can set a budget and a stop rule for a coding agent and decide whether a task is worth giving it.

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