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Software factories · 4/627.10.2026

Factory pilot: prepare the test

A practical protocol: fixture, four tasks and independent acceptance

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  1. 1. Factory pilot: prepare the test

    A practical protocol: fixture, four tasks and independent acceptance

  2. 2. Preparing a run, not reporting results

    Practical protocol · no executions completed yet

  3. 3. One fixture exercises four changes

    Node.js/TypeScript, SQLite, React and a local receiver

  4. 4. Prove reproducibility before adding an agent

    Proposed fixture commands; implementation is still required

  5. 5. Acceptance lives outside worker permissions

    Public requirements, independently owned test data

  6. 6. Freeze conditions before seeing outcomes

    Run specification v1: model, commit, tasks and limits

  7. 7. Read the behavioural contract before launch

    /missions: goal, clarification, milestones and an agreed plan

  8. 8. Repeated requests must not duplicate effects

    T1: sequential and concurrent delivery, followed by restart

  9. 9. API and UI filters must agree

    T2: status and time range, including boundaries and empty results

  10. 10. Migration begins with pinned versions

    T3: a real breaking change and an official migration guide

  11. 11. New requirements extend each system’s output

    T4: add event-source filtering to accepted T2

  12. 12. A success message starts acceptance

    Internal checks and independent verdicts have different owners

  13. 13. The log exposes required human help

    Illustrative T1 trace; this is not a Factory log

  14. 14. Classify assistance by its cause

    Requirements, environment, access, code and stopping

  15. 15. Stopping keeps the experiment interpretable

    Time, budget, blockage and independent acceptance

  16. 16. Count every attempt and remaining credit

    Illustrative bill: payment, consumption and human minutes

  17. 17. The control separates factory benefit from agents

    A normal agent session with matched tasks and acceptance

  18. 18. Results need real execution evidence

    Preparation ends after fixture and entitlement verification