I am building a small experiment inspired by Stripe Minions. Not related to OrKa. This is a different playground. But apparently I have a recurring problem: I do not trust agents enough to let them freely touch a codebase, and I do not trust humans enough to believe they will always review AI output properly when they are tired, rushed, or already late for another meeting.
So the question became simple. Can we automate small development tasks without pretending the coding agent is the adult in the room?
Because yes, AI can write code! We know that. Sometimes it writes useful code. Sometimes it writes code that looks clean, passes the first glance, and then you realize it quietly moved business logic into the wrong layer because it had “a better idea.” Classic junior developer energy, but with infinite confidence and no coffee breaks.
The interesting part of Stripe Minions, at least for me, is not that agents can open pull requests. The interesting part is the machinery around them. The task definition, the constraints, the review process, the checks, the fact that the agent is not just sitting there with a keyboard and divine permission to refactor your production system.
That is the part I want to explore!
