A diff shows which lines your AI agent changed. It does not show what they affect.
When I work with AI coding agents, writing the code is rarely the slow part. The slow part is afterwards: what did it change, and what else does that touch? A diff answers the first question. It does
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Adam Lewis
Product Engineer/Architect navigating the AI revolution
Reviewers read the diff because that's the artefact they've got. Grep the changed symbol before you trust the change, since the diff will look exactly as clean either way. Signing off on an agent's patch means signing off on that search.