Agent Boosting: The Missing Workflow for Getting Real Results from AI Coding Agents

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They're Just Flying Blind. There's a growing gap between what AI coding agents can do in theory and what they actually deliver in practice. Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Devin, Codex, Droid - every major agent has gotten dramatically capable over the past year. They can plan multi-step tasks, edit across files, run tests, and iterate on their own output.