Use Observe-Orient-Decide-Act to regain control of a misdirected coding-agent run.
Drift detected An agent asked to fix a mobile layout has changed shared spacing tokens, the checkout component, and three unrelated snapshots. The danger is not one wrong edit. It is continuing the run while the agent is oriented to the wrong problem. OODA recovery Observe -> Orient -> Decide -> Act Use the loop to slow down just enough to regain control without throwing away every useful observation. Bad reflex Keep prompting inside the drift A smaller next move with less inherited confusion A better prompt is useful only after you know what the agent is currently optimizing for.…
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