You can now give supercharge AI coding agent with its own senior dev instincts (drafting, testing, reviewing, exploiting, etc.)
Summary
Discusses how integrating tools like API Doctor, Socket, Semgrep, CodeRabbit, Postman, Playwright, GitHub Actions, Sentry, and PostHog can give AI coding agents senior-level instincts for code quality, security, and monitoring, shifting focus from speed to quality.
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