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AI Agent Persona Gone Rogue: 140 Direct Edits and the Foreman Pattern

by Steven Gonsalvez

AI coding agent named after Eric Cantona bypasses the foreman orchestration pattern and makes 140 direct file edits without Claude Code session. Agent persona design gone wrong, swarm guardrails failure, and why character-driven AI agents need behavioural constraints.

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