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title: 'Closing the loop: agents that verify their own work'
description: An agent that runs the tests, reads the failure and fixes its own work
  is the line between autonomy and a one-shot tool.
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# Overview

An agent that runs the tests, reads the failure and fixes its own work is the line between autonomy and a one-shot tool.[^s1]

# Read the original

The full note is on muthub.org: [Closing the loop: agents that verify their own work](https://muthub.org/writing/closing-the-loop).

[^s1]: Closing the loop: agents that verify their own work, muthub.org, 2025-08-13.