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Stop a coding agent writing duplicate helper functions: the four causes, a test for each and the fix

Agents read 83.6% of the relevant code on turn 1 and 35.4% by turn 5. Check the transcript for a search before the write, then gate the diff with jscpd.

By Sergei GordeichukStackness Blog
Stop a coding agent writing duplicate helper functions: the four causes, a test for each and the fix

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Originally published by Stackness Blog on Oct 14, 2026.

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