Software EngineeringOpen accessPublished 2 Oct 2026
Apply evidence-first engineering discipline to any agent-built software project: fact discovery before action, evidence-calibrated status reporting, explicit change boundaries and stage gates, controlled confirmation for risky or external actions, sensitive-information redaction for anything shared publicly, and resumable continuity after interruptions. Use when users ask an agent to take over an existing codebase, deliver a feature across stages, verify whether work is actually complete, judge release readiness, or keep conclusions honest about what is proven versus assumed. This foundation skill is domain-neutral; vertical suites (for example mini-program engineering) b…