AI coding

Gating and merging AI agent code

• A Pre-Merge Checklist for Agent-Generated Code
• A Two-Step Apply for Agent Writes: Dry Run, Then Commit
• Branch Protection Rules for Agent Commits: What to Require
• Branch Protection Rules That Assume the Author Is a Bot
• Irreversible Actions an Agent Must Never Take Without a Human
• Scoping the Gate to Changed Lines: Coverage and Mutation
• Approval Gates for Agent Commits: What a Human Must Sign Off On
• Binding a Required Check to a Commit Hash and a Signing Key
• Code Owners for Agent Branches: A Rules Table
• Diff Budget Enforcement: Automating the Limits You Set
• Fail-Closed Gates: When the Tamper Detector Errors
• Mapping Diff Lines to Executed Code
• Pinning a Required Check to One Commit
• Rerunning Your Gates When a Model Version Changes
• Reviewing an Agent's Commit History: Squash, Rebase or Leave It
• Scheduled Full Runs vs. Diff-Scoped Gates
• What a Merge Gate Should Log for an Agent Branch
• What a Merge Queue Costs in CI Minutes and How to Budget It
• When a Check Should Fail Closed: Errors, Timeouts and Refusals