When Better Models Make Old Agent Workflows Worse
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I recently watched a coding agent refuse to start an approved implementation. The work plan contained this: ## WorkPlan Review - **Status** : approved (2026-08-02) The agent found the line and understood the word approved . Then it asked for approval again because the workflow expected a field named Implementation Approval.Status . Nothing was missing in substance. The label was wrong. The agent was following a repository-resident workflow I had designed to carry a change through requirements,…
1Key Takeaways
- I recently watched a coding agent refuse to start an approved implementation.
- The work plan contained this: ## WorkPlan Review - **Status** : approved (2026-08-02) The agent found the line and understood the word approved .
- Then it asked for approval again because the workflow expected a field named Implementation Approval.Status .
- The agent was following a repository-resident workflow I had designed to carry a change through requirements,….
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