I keep hitting the same pattern with coding agents: a green check from the same model that wrote the code is not a review.

What helps me:

  1. Keep discussion, build, and verification as separate steps
  2. Export the source so I can open the files myself
  3. Require an explicit yes before anything reaches main

I'm building Brainstorm as a BYOK shell for that workflow — multi-AI discussion around one shared goal, then divide, verify, and human approval. We don't sell model credits; you bring your own eligible accounts.

Linux-first. More here if useful: https://brainstorm.mungwaan.cn