A browser-first coding agent removes the usual opening chores: installing runtimes, repairing PATH, authenticating a CLI, and discovering that the “quick test” needs three local services.

That convenience creates another risk: starting takes five minutes, while leaving takes five days.

Here is a 30-minute exit test for MonkeyCode SaaS. It is a proposed protocol, not a report of measured performance.

Use one boring task

Create a disposable repository and ask: