Frameworks
Software engineeringWorking framework
Turn repeated catches into controls
A five-step method for converting recurring human attention into an automated check that proves its own failure path.
Updated 6 Aug 2026Confidence: High for deterministic, observable failure classes; lower when taste or ambiguous intent is involved.
The situation
Where the first framing breaks down
Manual review repeatedly found dead links, visual regressions, permission drift, and missing deployment artifacts after the expensive part of the delivery cycle.