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title: "Discussion on \"The Agent Said Done and Left the Worktree Full of Scratch\" | Hashnode"
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# [The Agent Said Done and Left the Worktree Full of Scratch](https://blogs.powerduck.com/agent-said-done-left-worktree-full-of-scratch?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

An agent iterates by trial and leaves scaffolding behind: commented-out alternatives, debug logging, untracked helper files. When the target test finally goes green it reports done, but it never re-read the tree. 'Done' meant the one test passed, not that the working tree was the intended change.

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