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Understand the shared core, provider configuration and tool permissions before choosing an interface.
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Understand the shared core, provider configuration and tool permissions before choosing an interface.
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Understand the shared core, provider configuration and tool permissions before choosing an interface.
Install the documented package and require approval before the first tool operation.
Plan unattended execution without confusing background dispatch with a completed task.
Follow startup configuration into ClineCore without attributing every integration behavior to one class.
Reproduce eight argument cases and understand why configuration is selected before telemetry.
Use accepted repository changes as the denominator for an agent evaluation.
Review tool authority explicitly before connecting a coding agent to real repositories or services.
Compare the surface you need and the operational responsibility you can own.
A learning project separates streamed events, tool actions and verified repository outcomes.