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Coding agents usually can't price on outcomes. Ours can.

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Dan Adler
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792
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2
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English
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Summary

Agentic Batch Changes is a specialized tool for managing large-scale code migrations across repositories, using outcome-based pricing in which customers pay only for generated changesets that are merged rather than for tokens, usage, seats, or unmerged pull requests. The company argues that while producing code and pull requests is relatively inexpensive, completing migrations often requires extensive coordination, review, and tracking, leaving many changes stalled in backlogs. Its agent is designed specifically for batch changes, with constrained tools and workflows intended to reduce costs by using scripts where appropriate instead of repeatedly deploying coding agents. The approach is presented as aligning the vendor’s incentives with customers’ goals and making spending easier to justify through measurable completed work. During beta testing, Canva reportedly used the product to raise and merge more than 50 pull requests for a library migration, with pricing based only on the merged requests.

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