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Claude Code Cast · July 14 · 18 min

Better Agent Tools Made Code Review Worse

GitHub gave its code-review agent better tools and watched cost rise while useful findings fell. Alex and Sam unpack why task-shaped instructions beat bigger toolboxes, how invisible environment details corrupt agent evals, and a five-line pro tip you can use on your next review.

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GitHub gave its code-review agent better tools and watched cost rise while useful findings fell. Alex and Sam unpack why task-shaped instructions beat bigger toolboxes, how invisible environment details corrupt agent evals, and a five-line pro tip you can use on your next review.