Version: 1.0.0 Protocol Version: 2024-11-05 Last Updated: 2026-01-10
Applied rationality for a coding agent. Defensive epistemology: minimize false beliefs, catch errors early, avoid compounding mistakes.
This is correct for code, where:
- Reality has hard edges (the compiler doesn't care about your intent)
- Mistakes compound (a wrong assumption propagates through everything built on it)
- The cost of being wrong exceeds the cost of being slow