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Dex Horthy says agents should read source code over summaries and docs

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Dex Horthy, on X, says agents should read source code directly rather than relying on summaries of codebase directories.

He argues a team should accept a small speed cost and read from source each time unless it builds evals for its own codebase that show summaries speed work without lowering quality.

Horthy says he cannot back a $32M paper on the subject. He also says that when a codebase is closed, Mintlify docs can serve as the primary source for users' agents.

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    AIDex Horthy says he cannot back a $32M paper but agrees that summaries of codebase directories only help if they speed up work without lowering quality. He argues that unless a team builds evals for its own codebase, it should accept a small speed cost and read from source each time. He also says Mintlify docs can serve as primary sources for users' agents when a codebase is closed.

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