An agent in my workflow

Hook Last week, I've been asked how Claude Code actually improved my productivity, past the pitch of "it writes code for you." I didn't have a sharp answer on the spot, so this is an attempt to reply, through a real example I use daily. ToC What it is How it fits your workflow A practical example When it's not a good fit More on this topic What it is An agentic coding tool is an interactive cli tool. You run it, from a project directory, and it can manage your workflow, directly from your terminal: reads files, greps for symbols, edits code, runs your test suite, commits changes... All of this through natural language instructions. How it fits your workflow You don't hand the agent a vague goal and walk away. You point it at a concrete, bounded task: add a migration, patch a flaky test, trace where a Django task raises an exception. Your agent works best when your Git repository already carries conventions it can follow: an existing test pattern, a linter it can run against its own…