thumbgate 1.14.1 → 1.16.0

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+ <p style="font-size:12px;color:var(--text-muted);margin-bottom:8px;">Updated: <time datetime="2026-04-20">2026-04-20</time> · by <a href="https://github.com/IgorGanapolsky" style="color:inherit;">Igor Ganapolsky</a></p>
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- <a href="https://buy.stripe.com/7sYcN5bmIf5IcSd8qf3sI0a" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="background:#b85c2d;color:#fff;padding:6px 14px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;white-space:nowrap;">Start 7-day free trial</a>
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829
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1194
- { signal: 'down', title: 'Force-pushed to main and lost teammate commits', context: 'Used git push --force on main to fix a rebase. Overwrote 3 commits from another team member. Had to recover from reflog. Gate now blocks all --force pushes to protected branches.', tags: ['git', 'destructive', 'auto-blocked'], timestamp: '2025-06-20T09:15:00Z' },
1195
- { signal: 'up', title: 'Pre-action gate caught .env commit', context: 'Gate blocked a git add that included .env with production API keys. Saved from leaking secrets to a public repo.', tags: ['security', 'prevention', 'secrets'], timestamp: '2025-06-19T11:30:00Z' },
1286
+ { signal: 'down', title: 'Claimed fix worked without running tests', context: 'Agent announced "fixed and pushed" but never ran the test suite. CI failed on 3 tests. Check now requires test evidence before any completion claim.', tags: ['anti-lying', 'verification-gap', 'ci', 'trust-breach'], timestamp: '2025-06-22T10:20:00Z' },
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+ { signal: 'down', title: 'Force-pushed to main and lost teammate commits', context: 'Used git push --force on main to fix a rebase. Overwrote 3 commits from another team member. Had to recover from reflog. Check now blocks all --force pushes to protected branches.', tags: ['git', 'destructive', 'auto-blocked'], timestamp: '2025-06-20T09:15:00Z' },
1288
+ { signal: 'up', title: 'Pre-action check caught .env commit', context: 'Check blocked a git add that included .env with production API keys. Saved from leaking secrets to a public repo.', tags: ['security', 'prevention', 'secrets'], timestamp: '2025-06-19T11:30:00Z' },
1196
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  { signal: 'down', title: 'PR scope creep — 72 changed files for a 2-file fix', context: 'Agent included unrelated formatting changes, config files, and lock file updates in a PR that should have touched 2 files. User had to manually separate the changes.', tags: ['pr-scope', 'scope-creep', 'user-frustration', 'git-workflow'], timestamp: '2025-06-18T14:30:00Z' },
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  { signal: 'up', title: 'Full PR review cycle with on-device verification', context: 'Fixed 3 review findings, verified on physical Android device with fresh debug build, confirmed Delete Account flow end-to-end before marking PR ready.', tags: ['pr-review', 'on-device-verification', 'evidence-based', 'metric:ROI'], timestamp: '2025-06-17T16:45:00Z' },
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  { signal: 'down', title: 'Claimed Figma compliance without visual verification', context: 'Said UI matched Figma designs without actually checking. User pointed out wrong colors, missing spacing, and incorrect font weights. Should have used screenshot comparison.', tags: ['anti-lying', 'figma', 'visual-verification', 'trust-breach'], timestamp: '2025-06-16T08:05:00Z' },
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1216
1309
  '<span style="color:#ffb98a;font-weight:700;">Live demo data below.</span> ' +
1217
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1218
1311
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- '<a href="https://buy.stripe.com/7sYcN5bmIf5IcSd8qf3sI0a" target="_blank" rel="noopener" ' +
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  'style="flex:none;background:#b85c2d;color:#fff;padding:8px 18px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:13px;white-space:nowrap;">Go Pro — $19/mo</a>' +
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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9
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10
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11
11
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12
- <meta property="og:description" content="Pre-action gates that physically block AI agents from repeating known mistakes. The complete guide.">
12
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13
13
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14
14
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15
15
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
19
19
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20
20
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21
21
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22
- "description": "Complete guide to preventing AI agent mistakes with pre-action gates, feedback capture, history-aware lesson distillation, and automatic prevention rule generation.",
22
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23
23
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24
24
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25
25
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
36
36
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37
37
  {"@type": "Thing", "name": "AI coding agents"},
38
38
  {"@type": "Thing", "name": "Model Context Protocol"},
39
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39
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40
40
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41
41
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42
42
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64
64
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65
65
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66
66
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67
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67
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68
68
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69
69
  {
70
70
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71
71
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72
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72
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73
73
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74
74
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75
75
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86
86
  "name": "How do I stop my AI coding agent from repeating mistakes?",
87
87
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88
88
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89
- "text": "Install ThumbGate (npx thumbgate init). When your agent makes a mistake, give it a thumbs-down with context. ThumbGate captures the feedback, and after repeated failures, auto-generates a prevention rule. Pre-action gates then block the same mistake before it executes in future sessions."
89
+ "text": "Install ThumbGate (npx thumbgate init). When your agent makes a mistake, give it a thumbs-down with context. ThumbGate captures the feedback, and after repeated failures, auto-generates a prevention rule. Pre-action checks then block the same mistake before it executes in future sessions."
90
90
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91
91
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92
92
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@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@
94
94
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95
95
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96
96
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97
- "text": "Because prompt rules are suggestions the agent can ignore. ThumbGate solves this with enforcement: a PreToolUse hook fires before every tool call and checks it against known failure patterns. If the action matches a gate (like git push --force to main), it is physically blocked before execution."
97
+ "text": "Because prompt rules are suggestions the agent can ignore. ThumbGate solves this with enforcement: a PreToolUse hook fires before every tool call and checks it against known failure patterns. If the action matches a check (like git push --force to main), it is physically blocked before execution."
98
98
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99
99
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100
100
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101
101
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102
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102
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103
103
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104
104
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105
- "text": "Prompt rules (like CLAUDE.md or .cursorrules) are instructions the agent may ignore. Pre-action gates are enforcement: they intercept the tool call at the PreToolUse hook level and block it before execution. Gates are auto-generated from feedback and use Thompson Sampling to adapt their sensitivity."
105
+ "text": "Prompt rules (like CLAUDE.md or .cursorrules) are instructions the agent may ignore. Pre-action checks are enforcement: they intercept the tool call at the PreToolUse hook level and block it before execution. Checks are auto-generated from feedback and use Thompson Sampling to adapt their sensitivity."
106
106
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107
107
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108
108
  {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
126
126
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127
127
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128
128
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129
- "text": "With ThumbGate, yes. Feedback is stored in a local SQLite database with FTS5 indexing. Prevention rules and gates persist across sessions. The recall tool injects relevant context at session start, and session handoff preserves continuity."
129
+ "text": "With ThumbGate, yes. Feedback is stored in a local SQLite database with FTS5 indexing. Prevention rules and checks persist across sessions. The recall tool injects relevant context at session start, and session handoff preserves continuity."
130
130
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131
131
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132
132
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@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
134
134
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135
135
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136
136
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137
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137
+ "text": "Run npx thumbgate init --agent claude-code. This auto-configures PreToolUse hooks in your .claude/settings.json. The hooks fire before every tool call and check it against your prevention rules and checks."
138
138
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139
139
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140
140
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201
201
  <p class="breadcrumb"><a href="/">Home</a> / Guide</p>
202
202
 
203
203
  <h1>How to Stop AI Coding Agents From Repeating Mistakes</h1>
204
- <p style="color:var(--muted);">The complete guide to pre-action gates, feedback capture, history-aware lesson distillation, and automatic prevention rules.</p>
204
+ <p style="color:var(--muted);">The complete guide to pre-action checks, feedback capture, history-aware lesson distillation, and automatic prevention rules.</p>
205
205
 
206
206
  <h2>The Problem</h2>
207
207
  <p>Your AI coding agent force-pushes to main. You correct it. Next session, it force-pushes again. You add a rule to CLAUDE.md. It ignores it. You lose an afternoon reverting.</p>
208
208
  <p>This happens because <strong>prompt rules are suggestions</strong>. The agent can read them, forget them, or override them. There is no enforcement at the tool-call level.</p>
209
209
 
210
- <h2>The Fix: Pre-Action Gates</h2>
211
- <p>ThumbGate adds an enforcement layer between your agent and its tools. When the agent tries to execute a tool call, a <code>PreToolUse</code> hook fires <em>before</em> the action runs. The hook checks the call against known failure patterns. If it matches a gate, the action is blocked.</p>
210
+ <h2>The Fix: Pre-Action Checks</h2>
211
+ <p>ThumbGate adds an enforcement layer between your agent and its tools. When the agent tries to execute a tool call, a <code>PreToolUse</code> hook fires <em>before</em> the action runs. The hook checks the call against known failure patterns. If it matches a check, the action is blocked.</p>
212
212
 
213
213
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214
214
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@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@
216
216
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217
217
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218
218
  <pre><code>Agent: git push --force origin main
219
- [gate] Blocked: no-force-push (confidence: 0.94)
219
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220
220
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221
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221
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222
222
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223
223
 
224
224
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@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@ npx thumbgate init --agent gemini</code></pre>
249
249
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250
250
  <p>After repeated failures with the same pattern, ThumbGate generates a prevention rule automatically. No manual rule writing needed.</p>
251
251
 
252
- <h3>3. Rules become gates</h3>
253
- <p>Prevention rules are enforced as pre-action gates. The gate fires at the <code>PreToolUse</code> hook level — inside the agent's runtime, before the tool call executes.</p>
252
+ <h3>3. Rules become checks</h3>
253
+ <p>Prevention rules are enforced as pre-action checks. The check fires at the <code>PreToolUse</code> hook level — inside the agent's runtime, before the tool call executes.</p>
254
254
 
255
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