The ABCDE Of Agent-Driven Development
On this page
- From an idea to a merged PR
- Is this for you?
- The lifecycle, stage by stage
- The walkthrough
- A — Add: park the idea
- B — Brainstorm: sharpen the decisions
- C — Code: build it in isolation
- D — Deliver: ship the PR
- E — Explore: what's next
- Behind the simplicity: the pillars
- Add — capture the spec
- Brainstorm — resolve decisions
- Code — build in isolation
- Deliver — ship it
- Explore — what's next
- The branching model
- Try it yourself
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