@hnshah: Your coding agent is making product decisions you didn't know you were delegating. After it builds a feature, try this:…
Summary
A tip suggesting developers prompt their coding agent to compare original requests with the built implementation and surface up to three consequential user-facing decisions the agent made on its own, across tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, or Replit.
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Your coding agent is making product decisions you didn’t know you were delegating.
After it builds a feature, try this:
“Compare my requests with the current implementation. Find up to three consequential user-facing choices I didn’t specify. Show the evidence for each. If context is missing, say so. Don’t change anything.”
Try it in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Lovable, or Replit. Use the same project so it can see your original requests.
The agent may have decided whether someone can skip signup or what happens when a customer cancels.
Your users won’t know the agent made those choices. They’ll just live with them.
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