Proof
CodeHerder builds CodeHerder
7,794 agent tasks, 132 days. The platform you're looking at right now is the output: this is what the herd actually shipped, running in production.
The build counted these numbers in the product's own git history. The newest commit it read is dated . Run npm run dogfood:stats to check them.
How we actually run it
A human writes the brief. The herd does the work. A human sets the bar it has to clear.
It's the same job a product person or an engineering lead already does, just without needing to write the code themselves.
- 1
A human writes the brief and the acceptance criteria
What "done" looks like, spelled out in plain language — a one-paragraph brief and a checklist, exactly like the one behind this task.
- 2
The herd runs plan → code → review → merge → verify → done
An agent claims the task, drafts a plan, writes the code. A second agent reviews it. A third merges and verifies CI. Every stage is server-enforced, and none of them can be skipped.
- 3
Nothing merges until it clears the gate
No task reaches
mainwithout passing a mandatory review stage and CI: lint, the full Go test suite, and an archguard suite that fails the build the moment the architecture drifts. That gate is server-enforced and there are no per-task exceptions. Humans set that bar and write the acceptance criteria every task is measured against; the herd has to clear it every time. That's the job the "I have ideas but can't ship" reader would actually be doing.
But is it any good?
Quality, measured against the same gate every time.
The build counted these in the Core source tree. Its newest commit is dated .
Every merge is gated by CI lint and the full test suite, a mandatory review stage before it can merge, and an archguard test suite that fails the build the moment architecture drifts from the rules this codebase holds itself to. None of that is optional per task: it's the same gate for every one of the 7,794 tasks above.
Real receipts
Straight from git log.
Here are the last 12 tasks the herd merged. Each row is one merge commit in this repository. The herd merged all 12 of these on 5 October 2026. Run git log --merges yourself, and you will see the same rows.
| Merged | Kind | Change | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 October 2026 | Fix | fix(device-stack-sync): fail on live ASG CapacityRebalance drift | 4 files changed, +238/-5 |
| 5 October 2026 | Fix | fix(marketing): make /get-started promise match invite-only access | 3 files changed, +58/-17 |
| 5 October 2026 | Docs | docs(launch): refresh live evidence, pentest closure and tracking | 5 files changed, +100/-388 |
| 5 October 2026 | Fix | fix(docs): point launch row 248 at egress-proxy resolveChecked | 1 file changed, +1/-1 |
| 5 October 2026 | Docs | docs(launch): index closed rows 304, 313 and 561 | 1 file changed, +3/-0 |
| 5 October 2026 | Fix | fix(device): stop Terraform deleting old bootstrap digests and restore them | 4 files changed, +113/-15 |
| 5 October 2026 | Docs | docs: record verified signing-key recovery custody | 2 files changed, +20/-1 |
| 5 October 2026 | Docs | docs: record released distribution gate evidence | 1 file changed, +2/-2 |
| 5 October 2026 | Test | ci(release): fail releases on a broken download path | 6 files changed, +378/-43 |
| 5 October 2026 | Refactor | chore(guard): regenerate full CI golden | 1 file changed, +1/-1 |
| 5 October 2026 | Feature | feat(saas): stamp the pinned Core tag as the product identity | 6 files changed, +114/-5 |
| 5 October 2026 | Fix | fix(release): carry accepted unchanged sandbox package findings forward | 4 files changed, +163/-52 |
For what each change actually did, read the changelog. For the mission behind it, read about CodeHerder.
10 more merges, explained in plain language
A commit subject is written for another engineer. These 10 merges are a hand-picked set, and each one carries its own merge date below. Here is what each one meant for the product, in plain words.
- Feature
feat(workspaces): add Tasks/Sessions rollup columns to workspace/group listsWorkspace and group list views now show live task/session counts, not just names.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 20 files changed, +850/-42
- Fix
fix(agentpty): CAS terminal-state transition so kill() always winsFixed a race where killing a stuck agent session could lose to a stale state update.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 2 files changed, +103/-10
- Test
test(cmd/codeherder): cover boot-wiring (wire.go, boot.go) — 55.3% to 75.5%Raised test coverage on the server's own startup wiring from 55% to over 75%.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 4 files changed, +716/-0
- Refactor
refactor(app/api): split client.ts god-module into per-domain API modulesBroke up one oversized API client file into focused modules, one per domain.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 33 files changed, +4,516/-4,084
- Security
fix(cmd/codeherder): fail closed on missing at-rest key by defaultThe server now refuses to start rather than silently run unencrypted if the at-rest key is missing.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 10 files changed, +172/-50
- Docs
docs(cmd/ch): document the one workspace-ref convention in --help and docs/cli.mdDocumented the single way to reference a workspace — name, slug, or ID — across the CLI's --help text and docs.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 2 files changed, +43/-35
- Refactor
cleanup(storage): drop orphaned catalog_upgrades tableRemoved a database table left behind by an earlier design that nothing referenced anymore.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 4 files changed, +63/-1
- Security
fix(agentpty): harden per-run stage dir/file permissions (0o777/0o666 -> ladder)Tightened file permissions on agent run directories instead of leaving them world-writable.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 6 files changed, +387/-23
- Refactor
refactor(cmd/ch): one workspace-reference resolver — name, slug, slug path, or UUID everywhereConsolidated four different ways of resolving a workspace reference into one shared resolver.
Merged 26 July 2026 · 25 files changed, +181/-140
- Feature
marketing: generate per-page Open Graph share images at build timeThis site's own social-share cards are generated automatically at build time — one of the tasks on this list.
Merged 17 July 2026 · 12 files changed, +276/-6
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