What to verify after an AI agent says tests pass
Green CI from an agent is not a merge signal. It is a claim: "I ran something and it exited zero." Your job is to check whether that claim covers the bug, the intent, and the failure modes you care about. I treat "tests pass" as the start of a short verification sequence — not the end of review. 1. Inspect the diff, not the summary Open the file list first. Ignore the agent's narrative until you…
What to check first after an agent claims tests pass is the file list. Begin by opening the file list and ignoring the agent's narrative until you can confirm which files actually changed. Verify that these changes match your human intent in one sentence and review for any lockfiles, renames, config files, or test fixtures you did not ask for.
Agents often add unrelated files to the suite, so if the diff is broader than the ticket, pause before trusting the green check. This initial review is crucial, as a passing suite on the wrong surface is still incorrect for merging.
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