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As development workflows shift from basic completions to autonomous coding agents, consistent terminology is vital. The dictionary establishes precise concepts for practitioners navigating agentic toolchains.
The glossary breaks down agentic development with technical clarity, strictly differentiating the stateless model (which only performs next-token prediction) from the surrounding harness that manages tools and context. Crucially, it highlights session failure modes—such as attention degradation as the context window expands—and practical handoff techniques to mitigate loss. Concepts such as the 'software factory' and 'dark factory' illustrate how unattended agent sessions and automated checks are formalising modern software workflows.
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