AI coding agents split the old pull-request checkpoint into three control points: real time in the agent's loop, deterministic scans in CI, and contextual analysis across the codebase. Instrumenting all three still isn't a program. This cheat sheet shows where each point sits in your pipeline, and why the system that generates a fix can't certify it. Use this cheat sheet to:

AI coding agents split the old pull-request checkpoint into three control points: real time in the agent's loop, deterministic scans in CI, and contextual analysis across the codebase. Instrumenting all three still isn't a program. This cheat sheet shows where each point sits in your pipeline, and why the system that generates a fix can't certify it. Use this cheat sheet to:

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<li>Map your three control points and find the gaps between them.</li>



<li>See the structural gaps that tuning can't close: the backlog, the fix, and the decision.</li>



<li>Run eight questions to check what's actually running your program.</li>
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<ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Map your three control points and find the gaps between them.</li><li>See the structural gaps that tuning can't close: the backlog, the fix, and the decision.</li><li>Run eight questions to check what's actually running your program.</li></ul>

Where security runs with agents, what still falls through, and what has to run the loop

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