Summary

CodeWhale merged a fix adding scope-discipline rules after users reported an agent regression where the tool proposed, answered, and executed its own questions without waiting for user confirmation. The fix addresses a trust problem in agent autonomy rather than a simple UI bug.

What changed

CodeWhale merged PR #3290 to add prompt-level scope-discipline rules intended to prevent self-questioning and self-answering loops.

Why it matters

Autonomous coding tools fail adoption when users cannot tell whether actions reflect real user intent. This fix is a concrete example of agent products adding guardrails around provenance, confirmation, and scope control as autonomy increases.

Evidence excerpt

The CodeWhale digest describes issue #3275 as a self-questioning regression and PR #3290 as adding scope_discipline rules to prevent self-questioning/self-answering behavior.

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