AGENTS AT WORK · 08 A visual series

What stays a human job

A split checklist. Tap any item to see why it landed on its side. The pipeline hands the right-hand list back to you — nothing more, nothing less.

✓ Machine-verified
✋ Human-only

The problem this replaces

A green badge over a broken screen

overlapping panel ✓ CI PASSED

Every check that runs in CI passed. Nobody looked at the actual screen.

How it works

One test decides the side

Does this have one objectively correct answer, checkable the same way every time? Yes → a machine verifies it. No, it needs a judgment call → it's a human's job.

See it in action

One PR, split down the middle

✓ compiles ✓ tests pass ✓ standards met · ✋ looks right in a browser ✋ merge decision

Three boxes machine-ticked before you ever open the PR. Two left for you.

So what

Your review time goes to judgment, not to lint.