Agent Workflow Patterns
These pages cover workflow patterns for Claude Code and similar coding agents.
They are not a replacement for tool-specific documentation. Use them as operating patterns: how to give an agent enough context, a safe enough action surface, and a clear enough verification target.
In This Series
Section titled “In This Series”- Verification-Driven Agentic Coding
- Plan Before You Code
- Claude Code as a Unix-Style Tool
- Teaching Agents Your Local Tools
- Codebase Onboarding with Coding Agents
What Makes These Workflows Useful
Section titled “What Makes These Workflows Useful”Most coding-agent failures are not caused by missing syntax knowledge. They usually come from:
- weak task scope
- too little repository context
- no runnable verification signal
- vague permissions around what the agent may do
- storing repeatable knowledge in the wrong place
The patterns in this section are meant to reduce those failure modes.
What This Section Does Not Cover
Section titled “What This Section Does Not Cover”The basics are already covered elsewhere:
For commands and flags, always verify against the current tool documentation or run /help in the installed CLI.