GitHub

Companion to GitHub tokens for agent fleets and the agent production system series. Words I use below Agent — a program that writes and lands code for you, in a chat session Pull request (PR) — a proposed change waiting for review; on GitHub it has its own page, with a button to accept it Merge — accepting that proposed change so it becomes part of the main project GitHub App — a robot you install on a GitHub project so it can click buttons as itself — not as you; it can approve, and it can merge; people treat this robot as the “real” setup, and it is not — it is extra (this post does not tell you how to install one; if you later want that robot, read the token post) Lock — a program that says no when a rule is broken; the agent cannot talk it into a yes; I also call this the landing floor Stamp — a review that applies to one exact version of the code; “looks good” in chat is not a stamp Automatic tests — checks that run by themselves when you propose a change; green means they passed Those seven words are the whole toolkit. Now the point. ...

Companion to The last click is still yours and the agent production system series. Words I use below Agent — a program that writes code for you in a chat session Pull request (PR) — a proposed change waiting for review; on GitHub it has its own page, with a button to accept it Merge — accepting that proposed change so it becomes part of the main project Personal login — you, signed in as yourself; when you type commands, GitHub sees your name GitHub App — a robot you install on a GitHub project so it can click buttons as itself — not as you; it can approve, and it can merge Short-lived token — a temporary key the robot gets to prove it may click; it dies in about an hour, and after that it is junk PAT (personal access token) — a long-lived key tied to you; if it leaks into a chat log, it keeps working until someone turns it off Broker — a small program that hands out a short-lived token when the rules say yes; the agent asks, the broker decides, and the agent does not invent a key Automatic tests — programs that run by themselves when you propose a change; green means they passed Those nine words are the toolkit. Now the point. ...