QuantumBlack
Agentic Engineering
AI by McKinsey

Vibe coding

vs
01 · HUMAN ↔ AGENT
Ideate
Rapid open-ended quick discussions on ideas.
02 · HUMAN ↔ AGENT
Prototype
Create a working version as quickly as possible.
03 · HUMAN ↔ AGENT
Iterate
Gather feedback and improve.
Real-time vibe coding between product and tech is well suited to the exploration phase of agentic engineering.

Agentic engineering

01 · HUMAN-LED
Explore & Challenge
Discuss ideas, explore the problem space, challenge assumptions — divergent thinking.
02 · HUMAN-LED
Design & Specify
Eliminate ambiguity, detail specifications, create contracts — convergent thinking.
03 · HUMAN ↔ AGENT
Plan & Architect
Decompose and sequence into steps. Create the test plan, the implementation plan, and the verification strategy.
04 · AGENT LED
Implement
Test-driven (red/green) methodology; implementation grounded in organisational standards. Orchestrated across parallel streams. Drives robustness and quality.
05 · AGENT LED
Verify & Red Team
Unit, integration, and trend testing; threat modelling; deliberately adversarial attacks via multiple models.
06 · AGENT LED
Provision & Release
Ephemeral environments for acceptance. Change manifests. Release notes. Ship or schedule.
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