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AI Tools: Evaluate a New Coding Agent Without Marketing Bias
Run a structured 90-minute evaluation of a new coding agent on your own repo so the decision is based on your code, not a demo.
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- 1The premise
- 2agent eval
- 3rubric
- 4pilot
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Section 1
The premise
Vendor demos use ideal repos; the only real evaluation is the agent on a representative slice of your code, with the same time budget you would spend yourself.
What AI does well here
- Pick 3-5 representative tasks from your backlog
- Time-box the evaluation per task
- Score on speed, correctness, and follow-up time
- Compare against your existing tool on the same tasks
What AI cannot do
- Predict 6-month productivity changes from a 90-minute test
- Account for team learning curve
- Substitute for a real pilot
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