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Proof-or-Stop: Don't Trust the Agent, Trust the Evidence -- Loop Engineering for

Autonomous coding agents increasingly execute multi-step software work, but lifecycle states such as reviewed, tested, DONE, and ready-to-merge remain claims unless supported by current evidence. We present Proof-or-Stop Lifecycle Control,

https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.14890v1 ↗
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