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Autonomous mode is when the agent runs the whole loop without you in it: plan, act, check, repeat, until the task is done or it gets stuck. Here is what that means, how it differs from agent mode, and where the real risk lives.
A practical, repeatable workflow for building software with an AI agent: specify, delegate, verify, record. The loop I actually run every day, with the parts that keep it from turning into slop.
Agent mode is when you stop typing code and start directing an AI that reads your codebase, writes the change, runs the tests, and reports back. Here is what it actually is, how the loop works, and when to reach for it, from someone who ships production systems this way.