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AI agents can write code, but what happens next?
Original: The agent wrote import socket. Now what? Every agent framework got very good at making... # ai # programming # productiv
A developer writing about the 'Anvil' project argues that AI agent frameworks have become adept at generating code — for example an agent confidently typing 'import socket' — but have far weaker answers for what happens when that code actually runs. The proposed answer is 'code-as-action': treating an agent's code output as a real action, gated by a capability sandbox that controls what the code is allowed to do. The post is circulating among programmers debating how to make autonomous coding agents safe and useful in practice.
Why now: Debate is growing over how to safely execute the code that autonomous AI agents generate.
AnvilAI agent frameworkscapability sandboxing
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- The agent wrote import socket. Now what? Every agent framework got very good at making... # ai # programming # productivity # dailybuild2026 # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Building Anvil: code-as-action with a capability sandbox that… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 4
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