coding-agent-pitfalls
Common failure modes of AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, and similar) — doing more than asked, overengineering, solving the wrong problem, acting on…
Skill by rcmoynihan
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Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.
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Use cases: productivity, agent-building
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coding-agent-pitfalls- Description
- Common failure modes of AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, and similar) — doing more than asked, overengineering, solving the wrong problem, acting on shaky understanding, disrespecting the codebase, and mis-verifying. Use when planning or executing a coding task and you want to check your approach against known agent failure modes, or when reviewing an agent's work for these anti-patterns.
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- 256 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
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- Jul 2, 2026 (3 months ago)
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coding-agent-pitfalls skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/rcmoynihan-coding-agent-pitfalls (last updated 2026-10-24)