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Ask HN: Do you read your coding agent's plans before approving?

1 points by hegdeguru ↗ HN
If you use Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar tools, how do you review the plans they produce? I’m particularly interested in the last time you approved a substantial change. Did you read the whole plan, skim or like skip straight to reviewing the code?

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thendrill
No. I dont. Stopped maybe around 5-6 months ago.

Most of time I dont really care about the internal AI rationalazations, they are fun to read from time to time. But all in all i just care about the result.

Now I just look at the change log on git and try to keep up with the changes there. I would rather ask why a particular change was done from a side agent.

I also stopped all pleasantries, and now i am more into territory of (caveman/idot) when it comes to prmpting. I do positive reinforcement if I like a particular style of solution or feature.

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Northernator11
I check it, because I cant read the code. Then teat it worked or if it broke anything else.
Northernator11
I check it through because I cant read the code. Then test it. Then regression test it.
harelj6
I don't really read the plans, but I make sure that I thoroughly discuss my ideas with the agent first and that it truly understands what I'm trying to build