APR 23
10 min
agents
agents
Cursor 3 + Composer 2 review: parallel agents that do not cancel
Cursor 3 with Composer 2 scored 8.3 on agent tasks and 8.1 on refactoring. Every score, the parallel-agent behaviour, and the 3 settings that moved the numbers.
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unrated
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APR 23
7 min
agents
agents
Bounded agent planner prompt: force the give-up, save the bill
The 9-line prompt that moves my 5-step agent exit rate from 2/5 to 5/5 on Claude Opus 4.7. Why it works, where it fails, and the models I tested it…
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unrated
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APR 23
13 min
advanced
advanced
The case against autonomous coding agents in 2026
Autonomous coding agents still fail 1 in 9 production runs on my suite. The three failure modes that cause it, and where a bounded planner is the honest answer.
8.9
peer score
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APR 23
6 min
advanced
advanced
Agent loops and retries: 4-step policy that cuts 429s 30x
The retry policy that cut my agent-loop 429 rate from 6% to 0.2% across 4 vendors. Jitter, step-budget interlock, and the one thing you should never retry.
9.4
peer score
read →6 min