Agentic Coding
What Is Agentic Coding and How Does It Work? The Next Frontier in Software Engineering
Explore the shift from autocomplete AI copilot tools to autonomous agentic loops that read, test, debug, and ship code end-to-end.
3 min
From Autocomplete to Closed-Loop Execution
First-generation AI tools were passive completion engines: they predicted the next few tokens inside an open file.
Agentic coding introduces autonomous feedback loops: the model analyzes the repository, formulates a multi-step plan, edits files, executes tests, reads stack traces, and self-corrects until tests pass.