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>> It opens a pull request >> Then keeps iterating as review comments land, in the same thread, with the same context.

My experience, particularly with Sol is that agents are generally really bad at knowing when to stop 'iterating' and will continue covering off ever-more obscure edge cases. How does Hoplite solve for this?

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We've observed this pattern as well, and have counteracted it by keeping the tasks very finely scoped. For example, "The test(api) check has failed. Fix it, then immediately commit and push." -- or -- "The following comments have been added by reviewers. Resolve each one, then immediately commit and push."

This specificity helps Sol stay on track (most of the time). It doesn't work as well when the comment questions a complex piece of the architecture though.

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