# How AI Agents Can Create Cognitive Debt in Codebases

DevFeed: [How AI Agents Can Create Cognitive Debt in Codebases](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/do-you-actually-understands-your-codebase-28465.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://strategizeyourcareer.com/p/ai-cognitive-debt>)

Author: Fran Soto

Published: 2026-08-10T05:02:47Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Strategize Your Career](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/strategize-your-career.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI agents can improve code while weakening the shared understanding teams need to debug, evolve, and defend codebases.

## Source excerpt

AI agents can improve code while eroding the shared understanding teams need to debug, evolve, and defend it.