To Stop Babysitting Claude, Give It a Failing Test
Autonomy is not a permissions problem, it is a verification problem. Claude can already run unattended — what is missing is a check it cannot talk its way past. Here are the three you can wire up today.
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To Stop Babysitting Claude, Give It a Failing Test — Autonomy is not a permissions problem, it is a verification problem. Claude can already run unattended — what is missing is a check it cannot talk its way past. Here are the three you can wire up today.
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