A software factory makes agent runs inspectable

IndyDevDan walks through a ‘software factory’ pattern for agentic engineering: agent workflows with visible events, prompts and configuration; model routing; phased plan-build-test-review runs; and deterministic checks before work proceeds. Why it matters: Adding agents does not make an engineering system easier to trust. The useful unit is a run you can inspect: a defined input, a trace, a verifier and a handoff that lets the next engineer or agent see what changed.

Try this: Take one recurring coding task and give it four explicit artifacts: the input contract, expected output, a deterministic verification command and a saved run trace. Run it twice before adding another agent or workflow stage.