Lesson 925 of 2116
Branch, Commit, PR: Give Agents Rails
A branch isolates the experiment. A commit records the claim. A PR gives humans a review surface.
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- 1Branch, Commit, PR: Give Agents Rails
- 2git
- 3branch
- 4commit
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Section 1
Branch, Commit, PR: Give Agents Rails
A branch isolates the experiment. A commit records the claim. A PR gives humans a review surface.
- 1Name the job before naming the tool.
- 2Write the smallest useful scope the agent can finish.
- 3Run the result as a user, not as a fan of the tool.
- 4Inspect the diff, data access, and failure path before sharing.
Use this as the working prompt or checklist for the lesson.
Create a branch named codex/fix-login-copy. Make one change. Commit with a message explaining user impact. Open a PR with test notes.- What should the user be able to do when this is finished?
- What data should the app or agent never expose?
- What test proves the change works?
- What rollback path exists if the output is wrong?
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