Free Lesson
Getting better results from coding agents
30 min
Oct 21, 2026 11:00 AM
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What you'll learn
Scope a task the agent can finish
Write the request so the agent knows the goal, the constraints and what done looks like.
Catch a wrong plan before it becomes code
Have the agent read and plan first, and review that plan while changes are still cheap.
Verify what the agent says it shipped
Check the result against tests and evidence instead of the agent's own summary of its work.
Why this topic matters
Coding agents now finish real work, yet results vary widely between people using the same model. The difference is mostly in how the work is set up: what the agent is told, what it reads first, how a plan is checked before code is written, and how the result is verified. This lesson walks through that routine on one task, from request to a reviewed result.
