Intent Engineeringfor Coding Agents

Structure, specs, and proof for agentic software engineering.

Foundation

Repo structure as the agent's briefing. Decisions, design docs, specs, and an agent-facing index, before any per-change intent exists.

AGENTS.md and the .agents/ hub that teach every agent how to work in your repo, consistently and on load.

Change-sized specs before code, with OpenSpec as the working example. Durable per-change intent the agent builds from.

Tests as proof of intent. Stable AC IDs, coverage pairs, PR taxonomy, and evaluation of the agent setup itself.

Adoption, trunk-based development with agents, cross-team coordination, and an honest account of what is still unsettled.

Glossary, living principles, tooling snapshot, the iec companion repo, an adoption checklist, and honest maturity.