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Your coding agent doesn't always follow your rules — Talha Sheikh, Checkout.com
Takeaway
Turn requirements into executable verification contracts so the user is no longer the only enforcement layer.
Summary
- Vector V1 uses Claude Code completion hooks to run configured checks and return failures for another repair attempt.
- Better instructions and more capable models do not replace evidence that the requested work meets its completion criteria.
- Verification should be a reusable, language-agnostic contract that teams can enforce at conversation, commit, and multiagent boundaries.
- The speaker proposes that stronger harness checks may make cheaper models viable, while treating that cost benefit as a hypothesis.
verificationcoding-agentshooks
Original description
Your coding agent doesn't always follow your rules. An agent harness makes sure it does, in real-time, every time.