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How to undo, checkpoint and stop runaway coding agents

Safety nets builders made after an agent deleted files, broke a deploy or looped on a failing test. 5 matching use cases below, each with a public source.

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  1. Commit or snapshot before every agent run so any change can be rolled back, including files outside git such as .env.
  2. Set a budget and a loop limit so a stuck agent stops instead of retrying the same failing test.
  3. For long runs, checkpoint progress so you can resume after a usage reset or switch to another model.
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Let your agent deploy to SFTP hosting with a one-command undo

Shipback deploys a folder to any SFTP host (cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin or a VPS) and backs up every file it overwrites first. One command restores the previous files, it refuses to undo over a live edit, and its MCP server has no switch to skip the backup, so Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client can deploy safely.

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