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CODING-WITH-CURSOR5 MIN READ

Spot the shaky handoff before merge

Identify missing verification artifacts in a Cursor Agent diff handoff.

The handoff looks done. The proof is thinner. Which parts of this handoff should Sam fix before asking for merge? No post-edit terminal proof Correct. Cursor can run terminal commands; a merge handoff should show the relevant command after the final edit, not a stale pre-edit run. Browser proof predates the change Correct. For UI work, browser control or a fresh screenshot should verify the final state. Old visual proof does not validate the new diff. Unexplained unrelated files Correct. Extra touched files need a reason. Otherwise the review surface expands beyond the task and hides regression risk. Checkpoint marker…

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