Verification · Code review
Agentic exploration
An agent with read, search and run tools investigates a change: follows a suspicion across files, runs code, and returns findings with evidence.
Sub-techniques
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Breadth survey
V1034.001A first pass that lists concerns across the whole diff.
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Deep exploration
V1034.002Focused sub-agents that investigate one concern each.
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Tiered depth
V1034.003Route small or low-risk changes to a shallow pass and risky ones to deep exploration.
How to build it
- Give the agent read-only tools first: read file, grep, list directory.
- Split into a survey step and per-concern investigation steps.
- Require each finding to cite file, line and the evidence that supports it.
Signals in a repository
- Agent configuration files (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md) and review bot comments that cite multiple files.