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AI coding in production: Claude Code team rollouts, Cursor and Codex CLI workflows, repo-level instructions, GitHub Actions for AI code review, and the engineering practices that survive security review.

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GitHub Code Quality Review: The Production Rollout Rule

GitHub Code Quality Review: The Production Rollout Rule

GitHub Code Quality costs $10 per active committer plus AI and compute. This review shows what it gates, what it misses, and how to pilot it safely.

GitHub Copilot Code Review Custom Instructions for Production

GitHub Copilot Code Review Custom Instructions for Production

Configure GitHub Copilot code review instructions for production with secure head-branch trust boundaries, evals, merge controls, and cost telemetry.

GitHub Copilot Security Review vs CodeQL: What Can Block a Merge?

GitHub Copilot Security Review vs CodeQL: What Can Block a Merge?

Use Copilot /security-review for local triage and CodeQL rulesets for merge enforcement. Compare coverage, cost, evidence, and rollout controls.

Claude Code Agent Teams Review: When Parallel Agents Pay Off

Claude Code Agent Teams Review: When Parallel Agents Pay Off

Use Claude Code agent teams only for independent work. Set file ownership, plan review, hook gates, spend limits, and teardown before parallel runs.

GitHub Copilot Usage Metrics: What the Dashboard Proves and Misses

GitHub Copilot Usage Metrics: What the Dashboard Proves and Misses

Use GitHub's usage API and managed OpenTelemetry together to measure Copilot adoption, runtime health, review flow, and rollout risk.

GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Sonnet 5 for Coding Agents: The Routing Rule

GPT-5.6 Terra vs Claude Sonnet 5 for Coding Agents: The Routing Rule

Use GPT-5.6 Terra for bounded coding-agent work and Claude Sonnet 5 for long context. Apply the routing policy and repository eval gate.

Claude Sonnet 5 for Coding: What Changes in Production

Claude Sonnet 5 for Coding: What Changes in Production

Roll out Claude Sonnet 5 behind an eval gate. Its launch pricing is strong, but tokenizer and API changes can alter cost, output length, and failures.

Codex vs Claude Code Pricing and Usage Limits for Teams

Codex vs Claude Code Pricing and Usage Limits for Teams

Compare Codex and Claude Code pricing, usage windows, credits, API fallback, and rollout budget rules for production engineering teams.

AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md for Production Coding Teams

AGENTS.md vs CLAUDE.md for Production Coding Teams

Use AGENTS.md as the shared repo contract and CLAUDE.md as the Claude adapter so Codex and Claude Code do not drift apart.

Claude Code Subagents for Production Teams

Claude Code Subagents for Production Teams

Use Claude Code subagents for bounded repo work: isolated context, scoped tools, approvals, hooks, memory, and worktree rules for production teams.

Gemini CLI Plan Mode for Production Repos

Gemini CLI Plan Mode for Production Repos

Use Gemini CLI Plan Mode as a read-only design gate after the Antigravity cutover, with approval, sandbox, quota, and CI rules.

design-md-drift-check Build Log

A build log for design-md-drift-check, a skill that checks DESIGN.md drift against real frontend tokens, components, and UI patterns.

CLAUDE.md File Best Practices for Production Teams

Write a CLAUDE.md that keeps Claude Code useful in production: scope memory, keep rules concise, move enforcement to hooks, and review drift.

Codex vs Claude Code vs Gemini CLI for Production Teams

Codex vs Claude Code vs Gemini CLI for Production Teams

A production rollout comparison of Codex CLI, Claude Code, and Gemini CLI after Google's Antigravity transition, with security and telemetry rules.

Claude Code Planning Mode for Production Teams

Claude Code Planning Mode for Production Teams

Use Claude Code planning mode as a production review gate: when to plan first, how to approve safely, and what teams should log before rollout.

Claude Code Security Review for Production Teams

Claude Code Security Review for Production Teams

Use Claude Code security review as early signal, not an approval gate. Here is the rollout pattern, CI split, permissions, hooks, and logs.

Gemini CLI vs Antigravity CLI: The Production Migration Rule

Gemini CLI vs Antigravity CLI: The Production Migration Rule

Google is moving Gemini CLI users to Antigravity CLI. Compare migration work, access risk, controls, and when to choose Claude Code or Codex.

Codex vs Claude Code for Production Teams

Codex vs Claude Code for Production Teams

Claude Code is the better first rollout for terminal-first teams. Codex wins for delegated cloud tasks, PR review, and compliance-visible agent work.

Claude Code Pricing for Teams: The Production Rollout Cost

Claude Code Pricing for Teams: The Production Rollout Cost

Claude Code pricing starts at $20, but teams need a seat mix, usage credits, API fallback controls, analytics, and rollout policy.

Claude Code Hooks for Production Teams

Claude Code Hooks for Production Teams

Use Claude Code hooks as deterministic team guardrails for tests, protected files, command logging, permissions, and safe rollout.

Claude Code vs Cursor for Production Teams

Claude Code vs Cursor for Production Teams

Use Cursor for daily IDE work and Claude Code for governed terminal delegation. Compare costs, controls, security, and rollout rules.

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