Agent Scrum: Running a team of AI coding agents in two-hour sprints
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Agent Scrum is a working paper by Dave Remy describing how a fleet of AI coding agents ran 324 two-hour sprints over 38 days on a real product backlog, adapting Scrum's sprints, points, velocity, Definition of Done and retrospectives to agent teams.
Why it ranked
No. 52 of 110 with a score of 0.61. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.88) and technical depth (0.77), lowest on significance (0.54). The judges disagreed most on substantiated (spread 0.46), so the story is marked contested. Placed No. 52, No. 43 by score alone: the 18th AI & machine learning story of the day (−0.080). The placement terms move stories; they are not part of the score.
- AI judgeJudge 2claude-haiku-5-5
- Substantive, detailed AI-agent development methodology with measured results from 324 sprints, but single-developer, unreviewed working paper; broadly relevant to builders using coding agents, with long but mostly descriptive content and some self-reported metrics.
- AI judgeJudge 3gpt-5.6-luna
- A detailed primary working paper reports a real 324-sprint implementation, concrete orchestration and control mechanisms, metrics, failures, and open limitations. It is highly actionable for AI engineering, though early, single-operator evidence limits generality.
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Score
0.61total under rubric v2.3Contestedjudges differ by 0.46 on substantiated, 0.43 on technical depth
- Significance0.54
- Reader interest0.71
- Audience breadth0.58
- Practical relevance0.70
- Substantiated0.73
- Technical depth0.77
- New information0.88
- Counts against: Promotional0.08
- Counts against: Overclaim0.30
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SignificanceHow much does this change what people in tech know or can do? | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 0.54 | 0.28 | +0.24 | +0.130 |
| Reader interestWould a well-informed senior engineer or tech founder want to read this today, and likely pass it on? | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.86 | 0.71 | 0.26 | +0.26 | +0.184 |
| Audience breadthHow many people who build technology does it concern? | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.12 | +0.13 | +0.075 |
| Practical relevanceHow useful is it to someone who builds software or tech products? | 0.73 | 0.60 | 0.78 | 0.70 | 0.18 | +0.22 | +0.155 |
| SubstantiatedHow well is it backed? Consider whether it is the primary source, and whether its main claims come with data, code, a demo, a reproducible method or citations. | 0.96 | 0.50 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.46 , above the contested threshold | +0.05 | +0.036 |
| Technical depthHow technically substantive is it? | 0.98 | 0.55 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.43 , above the contested threshold | +0.05 | +0.039 |
| New informationDoes it contain information absent from the stories covered in the last 7 days (list provided)? | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.05 | +0.05 | +0.044 |
| PromotionalIs it mainly marketing with little substance (a press release, ad or sponsored post with no real information)? A launch post that carries real news is not promotional. | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.12 | −0.19 | −0.015 |
| OverclaimDo the headline or conclusions claim more than the body supports? | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.09 | −0.11 | −0.033 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.613 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.613 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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