Agentic software development is not a handoff from people to a model. It is a delivery system in which agents take bounded responsibilities while the team owns the brief, decisions, evidence, and merge.
Start with an observable outcome
A strong agentic workflow begins with the user or system outcome, relevant context, constraints, exclusions, acceptance criteria, and the checks that will count as evidence. PullPlane keeps those inputs in a live card document that the team can refine before and during the work.
Separate research, implementation, and review
Use Research when the implementation boundary is unclear. Assign Claude or Codex after the team accepts an approach. Add Reviewer, QA, or Security when the change needs a distinct verification question.
Recipes preserve that sequence as explicit steps. Each handoff returns to the shared task rather than disappearing into separate chat histories.
Let agents run inside a boundary
PullPlane provisions an isolated sandbox for a run, checks out the connected repository, and exposes the resulting terminal, files, diff, and preview. The agent can work freely inside that environment without running generated code directly on a teammate's machine.
Make the pull request the decision point
Agent output is a proposal. The branch, repository checks, review findings, conflicts, and pull request give the team concrete evidence. Optional merge gates can add read-only Reviewer, QA, and Security attestations, while a human remains responsible for what reaches the default branch.