Automated check

A deterministic verification that runs in the environment — tests, type checks, lints, build, pre-commit hooks. Pass/fail, no judgement. The signal an agent can self-correct from without involving anyone else. A flaky test is a broken check, not a non-check; automated checks are deterministic by design.

Avoid: "feedback loop" / "backpressure" — both lump checks together with review. Avoid: "test" — tests are automated checks, but not all automated checks are tests.

Usage:

"The agent keeps shipping broken code in the AFK runs."

"What automated checks are wired into the sandbox?"

"Just the unit tests."

"Add typecheck and lint — it'll self-correct from those before the PR ever lands."