Agentic coding
Handing a coding task to an AI agent that plans the steps, edits files, runs tests, and fixes its own errors across many turns, with a human reviewing the result rather than each line.
“I use agentic coding for the boring WP-CLI scripts and review the diff before it touches prod.”
See also
In the history of AI
Part of the Extended list
Agentic coding is on the Extended list: builder jargon, industry terms, and newer slang for when you want to go further. It entered common use around 2025.