The Code Exorcist Pattern: Why AI Agents Should Diagnose Bugs But Never Write the Final Fix
Originally published on tamiz.pro . The promise of autonomous software engineering is seductive. The vision is simple: feed a production incident ticket to an LLM agent, and it writes, tests, and deploys the patch by morning. In reality, this fully automated loop is a recipe for subtle, costly regressions, security vulnerabilities, and a complete loss of developer intent. The "Code Exorcist…
The promise of AI-powered software engineering is alluring, but fully autonomous agents that write code pose serious risks. This "Code Exorcist Pattern" aims to make AI agents more reliable by separating their diagnostic role from the actual code changes. AI agents should first identify the root cause of a bug, but only humans should write and apply the final fixes.
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