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An LLM developer added research and specification gates to prevent the model from implementing every method it encounters, improving code generation quality.
The article argues that when implementing approval checkpoints, making them required but flexible in formality is more effective than making them optional but formal. This approach reduces risk for decision-makers and allows teams to move quickly while reserving deeper scrutiny for complex projects.
A local control system is built to manage agent improvement loops, capturing traces, finding recurring failures, drafting fixes with Codex/Claude Code, and applying changes only after passing checks and evals.