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CircleCI @circleci.com · 24/09/2026
An agent wrote a script to archive hundreds of GitHub repos. It looked solid, except the GitHub CLI command it used didn’t exist. 😅 Olaf joined Beyond Vibe Coding to talk about what happens when code generation outpaces validation: circle.ci/4gWEJFe
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 23/09/2026
We’re redesigning parts of CircleCI for a new kind of user: coding agents. That means rethinking everything from how much context they should get to which tools they can access and how we evaluate their work. Here’s what we’ve learned so far: confidentcommit.com
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 22/09/2026
Your CI shouldn’t go down every time GitHub Actions does. CircleCI can now run supported GitHub Actions workflows directly on CircleCI infrastructure. Keep your YAML, move CI off GitHub’s critical path. Now in open preview on Linux: circle.ci/4yenntC
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 15/09/2026
Confident Commit is now on Substack. 🎉 It’s where we’re sharing: 🧪 Field experiments from our engineers 🎙️ Convos about how software gets shipped 📊 Data from millions of delivery workflows Software delivery is changing fast. Come compare notes: circle.ci/3Tam5AD
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 07/09/2026
More code + more velocity = more pressure on testing As AI increases development velocity, testing and automation have to keep up: circle.ci/3UjSRzq
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 03/09/2026
Your Cursor Origin repo, now with CircleCI. ⚡ Connect your repo → push a commit → run your pipeline → get the status back in your Origin PR. No new CI config to learn. Your existing .circleci/config.yml works as-is. Learn more circle.ci/4zVyNUl
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 24/08/2026
Productivity gains are real. Average throughput across all projects on CircleCI: +59% YoY. Now can your pipeline keep up? 👀 Learn more: circle.ci/3UjSRzq
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 20/07/2026
Every line of code is risk. AI makes it easy to write more code, but is that always a good thing? Learn more: circle.ci/4exRPGv
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 17/07/2026
Runs, jobs, step output, test results. All from the terminal. The new CircleCI CLI brings interactive debugging, predictable JSON, and built-in MCP support for coding agents directly into your workflow. Learn more ⬇️
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Rebuilding the CircleCI CLI from scratch - CircleCI
We rebuilt the CircleCI CLI from the ground up in Go: human-first output, –json everywhere, browser OAuth login, a built-in debugging TUI, and an MCP server for your coding agent.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 09/07/2026
What do teams shipping 9x more validated code have in common? 1️⃣ More finished work per engineer 2️⃣ Validation beyond the push 3️⃣ Fewer cycles per shipped change The data behind the habits: circle.ci/49HdjQ7
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 08/07/2026
The latest data is in! The State of Software Delivery Pulse Report looks at what changed over the last quarter, what the highest-performing engineering teams are doing differently, and why the performance gap is continuing to grow. Read on: circle.ci/4aHL6c0
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 06/07/2026
When AI generates code and an incident hits, who speaks to what it was supposed to do? When that line blurs, debugging gets really hard, really fast. Watch the full convo: circle.ci/4exRPGv
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 29/06/2026
A concerning amount of AI software is making it to production via ~vibes~ More from @seldo.com and Rob: circle.ci/4ek2PbC
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 24/06/2026
Your CI pipeline wasn't built for agents running hours-long tasks. We break down what that means for validation infrastructure ⬇️
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Agentic validation needs different infrastructure - CircleCI
Validating agent code is expensive and slow. Here’s how Chunk sidecars make it 10x cheaper and 3x more efficient.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 22/06/2026
Attending AWS Summit Japan? Come say hi! We'll be breaking down the inner and outer loop of software delivery, and how Chunk sidecars are closing the gap between local development and CI with less context switching and faster feedback. See you there. 🇯🇵
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 18/06/2026
Devs tend to solve their own problems first, and according to @seldo.com, they're doing it again with AI: using coding agents as the proving ground before applying those lessons everywhere else. More from Rob and Laurie on why the pattern keeps repeating: circle.ci/4ek2PbC
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 16/06/2026
The more autonomous the agent, the more validation matters: tests, hooks, coverage checks, architecture rules, feedback loops. We break down the patterns emerging around agent validation and why they're becoming essential as agents take on longer-running work.
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Patterns of validation - CircleCI
Prompting agents to validate their work isn’t enough. Here’s what actually works.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 11/06/2026
Control vs. velocity is a false choice. Join us at #PlatformCon to see how platform teams are using self-service infrastructure, policy-as-code, and platform standards to accelerate delivery without sacrificing governance: circle.ci/4xk4q8L
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 03/06/2026
Uber burned its AI coding budget in four months. Most teams see that and focus on token costs. But a 50-person eng team can lose ~$700K/year to the coordination overhead that happens after the code is written. Read the latest Confident Commit: circle.ci/4rjo5SG
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 02/06/2026
22s vs 69s. Same repo. Same agent. Same lint+test gates. We ran a controlled A/B inside chunk-cli comparing sidecar validation to push-per-task CI. The result: 3.1x faster feedback. LLM cost? Basically flat. Tokens tracked fixes, not wait time. Full breakdown ⬇️
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The Sidecar Race: 22 Seconds vs 69 Seconds Inside the Agent Loop | CircleCI Loop Lab
A controlled A/B in chunk-cli: same lint+test gates, sidecar remote validate vs push-per-task CI. Median time to signal 3.1x faster on sidecar; LLM cost even slightly better.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 02/06/2026
AI made building cheap, but it didn't make owning cheap. Our CTO's three questions for build vs. buy in the AI era: -Does it touch what customers pay you to deliver? -What's the cost of being wrong? -What's the long-term cost of ownership?
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The AI SaaSpocalypse is a mirage
AI hasn’t changed what’s worth owning
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 27/05/2026
Cloud changed infrastructure from fixed to dynamic capacity. Chris from @augmentcode.com thinks agents are about to do the same thing for engineering teams. Full convo: circle.ci/4uuNWc8
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 26/05/2026
27 seconds vs 5 minutes. That’s what inner loop validation looks like with Chunk sidecars. Fast feedback in the inner loop that validates changes while your agent is still working. Cleaner commits in the outer loop. Available for all CircleCI users today! Learn more: circle.ci/43h8dWR
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 21/05/2026
Engineering leaders are budgeting AI wrong. Running your team at 2x for 3 weeks, then throttling them back to 1x because they hit a token cap, isn't cost optimization. It's just introducing friction into the system. Full ep with Chris from @augmentcode.com: circle.ci/4uuNWc8
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 12/05/2026
Toronto, we'll see you next week at CTO Craft Con! 👋 Find our booth to talk about how to keep pipelines moving at AI speed without constant human effort to hold it together & catch Rob discussing how to lead through market disruption. Join us: circle.ci/4u9pCMQ
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 11/05/2026
Turns out Chunk exists outside the terminal too. You can now 3D print your own Chunk and keep it close for moral support when CI has other plans. Download files on Thingiverse: circle.ci/4cTPNkt
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 06/05/2026
Introducing Chunk sidecars: fast, pre-configured environments that bring validation into the inner loop in 60 seconds or less. Microbuilds run the checks, providing faster, cheaper feedback in the inner loop & more green pipelines in the outer. Read on: circle.ci/4ncdrw4
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 05/05/2026
📣 We’re hiring an AI Community Engineer! 📣 We’re looking for someone relentlessly curious, building agents just to see what happens, breaking things on purpose, and sharing what they learn.
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AI Community Engineer - CircleCI
Rapidly release code with confidence on CircleCI’s modern continuous integration and delivery platform. Offered on hosted cloud, Enterprise, and macOS platforms.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 30/04/2026
Debugging failing CI pipelines is slow because bugs are hard to find. 🔎🐛 Chunk finds the issue, writes the fix, and opens a PR you can actually merge. Full tutorial: circle.ci/48ZdOEc
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 29/04/2026
Most codebases are getting worse over time and AI is increasing the pace of change—making it easier than ever to see what’s working and what isn’t. 😬 Compound engineering is the alternative: systems improving with every change, so the work gets easier and the codebase gets stronger as you go.
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The Compounding Software Factory 📈
The third and final episode of our software factory series!
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 28/04/2026
GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket? 🧐 Turns out the answer says a lot about how your team ships. We pulled the pipeline data to find out: circle.ci/4rjo5SG
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 20/04/2026
30 years of engineering experience, and Rob still thinks the most important thing a leader can do right now is use the tools. Full convo: circle.ci/47Z5Bj2
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 17/04/2026
Your AI coding tools are shipping features faster than your test suite can keep up with. Luckily, Chunk can scan your codebase, find the gaps, write the tests, and open a PR. Full walkthrough: youtu.be/nbUHX3SVt9U
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 14/04/2026
Chunk regrets to inform you those retries were not, in fact, different this time.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 10/04/2026
The fastest way to find your delivery bottlenecks isn't an audit, it's a team running at full AI speed until something breaks. Rob joined @thoughtworks.com to discuss, plus what our 2026 State of Software Delivery data shows about the teams pulling ahead ⬇️
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The velocity trap: Why genAI is exposing broken foundations
In 2026, software ROI beats AI hype. Experts discuss why AI code stalls value and how elite teams use "Tiger Teams" to cut technical debt and speed up delivery.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 08/04/2026
Teams aren’t struggling to generate code, they’re struggling to make it all work together. We’re joining O'Reilly Media on April 16 to dig into how AI is actually shaping software delivery end-to-end:
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Software Development Superstream: AI-Assisted Software Delivery
Leverage intelligent automation across the entire software delivery lifecycle
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 07/04/2026
AI delivery gut check: % to prod in 24h? Review time? Failure rate? That’s the bottleneck. See how you compare: circle.ci/3NASptw
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 07/04/2026
Most engineering roadmaps are built around certainty, but that model is beginning to break down. When the way people interact with software is changing this quickly, exploration stops being a side project and starts becoming the day-to-day. Tune in: circle.ci/4sAZadU
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 03/04/2026
More code doesn't always mean better outcomes. The teams winning have built systems AI can rely on, not just better prompts. Luca Rossi breaks down what AI maturity actually looks like. 👇
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How to Grow your Software Factory
Rules, modules, and the path to AI leverage
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 01/04/2026
Not on Chunk's watch
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 31/03/2026
Long test suites slow everything down. But by running only the tests that matter, we cut one project’s suite from 30 minutes to about a minute and a half, which makes feedback way faster! Learn how faster feedback loops drive more stable delivery: circle.ci/3YiQgEx
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 27/03/2026
Your best engineers want to solve hard problems, not spend their day reviewing code they didn't write. The top teams in our 2026 research figured out how to make that possible: circle.ci/4aygjgQ
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 26/03/2026
Your CI pipeline is the new bottleneck, but don’t fret! Chunk can fix it. Our autonomous CI/CD agent reads your build history → rewrites your config → opens a PR. You just merge it. Here’s the full demo: circle.ci/4dhM3df
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 19/03/2026
Our State of Software Delivery Report sponsor, @thoughtworks.com, shared their take on the report: AI increases code throughput, but delivery systems haven’t caught up. More code ≠ more shipped software. Read their perspective: circle.ci/4sm03Y0
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 18/03/2026
Chunk headed to Toronto for AgentCon this weekend and had a great time! 🇨🇦 We loved chatting with so many developers and catching a session from our team on agentic delivery and what happens when CI stays in the loop while AI agents build. Where should Chunk go next? ✈️
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 17/03/2026
90% of our engineering team uses Claude Code daily. But the more meaningful number: a team of 8 built Chunk, our fully autonomous agent in just a few weeks. Closed loop, auto-triggered, validated PRs. @anthropic.com published the full story:
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Customer story | CircleCI | Claude
See how CircleCI used the Claude Agent SDK to build Chunk, an AI agent that autonomously fixes build failures and validates code changes before humans review.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 12/03/2026
CLI vs. MCP for AI-assisted dev isn't an either/or. CLI = inner loop. Fast iteration, zero overhead, model already knows the tools. MCP = outer loop. Auth, structured JSON, cross-system coordination. Full breakdown 👇
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MCP vs. CLI for AI-native development - CircleCI
The MCP vs. CLI debate misses the point. The right answer depends on where you are in the development loop. Here's a practical framework for deciding.
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 11/03/2026
Junior devs are generating code at senior speed. Senior devs are buried in PRs. The bottleneck didn't disappear, it just moved to your review queue. Read the 2026 State of Software Delivery Report: circle.ci/4aygjgQ
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 10/03/2026
AI ships working software, but it doesn't always ship software people love. That gap is the moat now. More from Loïc and Rob here: circle.ci/4sAZadU
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CircleCI @circleci.com · 09/03/2026
The goal isn’t just fixing incidents faster, it’s learning from them. While AI can surface insights, improvement only happens when you carry that learning into future code. Here's the full conversation: circle.ci/491BGr6
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