The coding factory: canonical specs and sequential agents | Jake Cukjati | AIMUG Oct 2026

Jake Cukjati shows how specs, not prompts, let agents code for 23 hours straight. Next AIMUG meetup: Mon Nov 2, free (Austin + online): https://aimug.org/events?utm_source=y... For developers using AI coding agents who want to move from manual prompting to automated, long-running workflows. What you'll learn You can get agents to work for hours, with a maximum run time of 23.8 hours. Prompting into code is not good, but specs to actual work is the effective method. Agents work sequentially one after the other with handoffs to communicate with each other. The key part is like one agent at a time during implementation. After review, we generate reference materials that feeds into the application so agents learn. Resources mentioned Slides: https://byteofcode.io/presentations/f... Claude Code Spectacular Forge Rigor CTL 00:00 Introduction to AI Agents 01:18 Specs Over Prompts 02:52 Dynamic Workflows 04:16 The Coding Factory 05:25 Tools and Plugins 08:07 Compounding and Triage 10:14 CLI and Context 11:30 Q&A and Scaling Speaker: Jake Cukjati. Slides: https://byteofcode.io/presentations/f... Slides and notes for all talks from this night: https://aimug.org/docs/oct-2026/?utm_... Newsletter: https://aimug.org/community?utm_sourc... Discord:   / discord   Subscribe to AIMUG on YouTube:    / @ai-mug   Recorded at AIMUG, October 5, 2026. #AIAgents #CodingWorkflows #SpecDrivenDev