Run agents through quality-gated build, test and deploy tools

The author has agents use managed tools that enforce coverage, dependency and lint metrics, build, test and deploy in about 10s, and pick up daily quality-check findings as work. · Nov 13, 2026

Done with a custom-built or unnamed agent

What they did

The author gives agents managed tools that enforce quality metrics (test coverage, allowed dependencies, linters), then build, test and deploy roughly in parallel and prepare the work for git. The tools run on the deployment machine for speed and submit attestations of everything they do. A daily process runs further checks, such as outdated dependencies and slow tests, and turns findings into work for agents.

How it went

The full cycle, including docker build and deploy to a test environment, takes 10 seconds or less. The author's own review is mostly checking the app does what it should, and passing metrics matter more than reading the code.

Worth knowing

The author built their own system to track the attestations, and finds a 10s budget achievable on every project they've worked on.

Source: HN · Nov 13, 2026