Best Practices for Coding with Agents

You already know coding agents can write code. The interesting question is what happens when you stop thinking of them as code generators and start treating them as junior developers who need good specs, clear test criteria, and visual references - just like a human would. We build Nimbalyst this way every day. Here’s our workflow: Write a plan in markdown. Edit this. Iterate. Have the agent enrich it with architecture diagrams and data models. Iterate on mockups until the UI is right Have the agent write tests from the acceptance criteria. Tell it to implement until tests pass Walk away.