# Agents babysitting agents

DevFeed: [Agents babysitting agents](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/agents-babysitting-agents-15993.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://workos.com/blog/agents-babysitting-agents>)

Author: WorkOS

Published: 2026-08-31T18:26:02Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [WorkOS Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/workos-blog.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-request.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [Terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/terminal.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/review.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>)

## AI overview

WorkOS engineers describe using one coding agent to supervise another after pull requests are opened, with headless monitoring, narrowly scoped jobs, visible costs, protected credentials, and human approval for merging.

## Source excerpt

How WorkOS engineers make agents babysitting agents safe: a headless surface to supervise through, scoped jobs, visible costs, and a human on the merge button.