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Shipping with AI'Done!' Is a Claim, Not EvidenceWhy, for an agent, the mantra flips from 'trust but verify' to 'verify, then trust'Economics & tradeoffsThe error is cheap when it happens. It gets expensive when you find out.The real cost of an agent error starts when someone acts on it — not when it was made. And those two moments are usually further apart than you think.Economics & tradeoffsOne Prompt, Three Jobs. Three Mediocre Outputs.Bundling tasks into one prompt feels efficient. What you're actually doing is diluting focus — and the last output almost always suffers.Tools & setupBuild in the checkpointVerifying 'when you feel like it' means verifying once you're already worried — which is usually already a little late. A good check doesn't ask your mood; it sits inside the workflow.Start hereAI says wrong things in a right-sounding voice. That's the dangerous part.It doesn't frown when unsure — it answers everything with the same confidence, even when it's making things upAgent skillsVerify Before You Call It DoneA forcing function so the agent proves a fix instead of claiming it.Agent skillsDiagnose From the Symptom, Not the GuessA prompt that forces a real diagnosis before a single line of fix.Agent skillsA Review That Doesn't Rubber-StampA reusable Skill that reviews a change for real problems instead of approving it by reflex.
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