The latest articles on DEV Community by Sean Kinahan (@skinahan). https://dev.to/skinahan https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4020238%2Fa40cb6ac-fbca-4532-bc91-70a88091b07b.jpg https://dev.to/skinahan en Sean Kinahan Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:44:08 +0000 https://dev.to/skinahan/what-i-check-in-the-last-15-minutes-before-merging-an-agent-generated-pr-191k https://dev.to/skinahan/what-i-check-in-the-last-15-minutes-before-merging-an-agent-generated-pr-191k <p>The number one way that teams new to Agentic Engineering workflows accumulate long-term technical debt and scope drift is by merging agent PRs that look fine in the diff but break on edge cases: empty input, scope drift buried in a "refactor," and tests that passed without testing anything.</p> <p>I wrote up the 15-minute pass I use before merge, including a worked example of what it catches on a synthetic agent PR. I just want to share in case others find it useful.</p> <p><a href="https://skinahan.github.io/ai-coding-agent-review-kit/example_agent_pr_walkthrough.html?ref=community-devto-walkthrough" rel="noopener noreferrer">AI Coding Agent PR Review Kit</a></p> ai claude chatgpt productivity