feat(article): Research → Plan → Implement — The Anti-Vibe-Coding Workflow

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Adds a new draft article on the RPI framework — the structured AI coding workflow coined by Dex Horthy (HumanLayer) that gates implementation behind explicit human-reviewed plans.

Article coverage

• RPI phases in depth — Research (grounding before output), Plan (numbered steps, human review gate), Implement (diff reviewed against plan, not just for correctness)
• Why skipping Research causes hallucinations — LLMs filling context gaps with plausible-sounding defaults instead of verified codebase reality
• PR fix: rewrite extensions article — remove fabricated API surfaces #105 as the cautionary example — a Copilot agent on this exact repo that skipped Research and published a hallucinated article; caught in review
• Governance framing — Plan phase as the operationalized control gate, tied to the agentic DevOps thesis
• Tooling guide — Copilot CLI /plan, Claude Code 3-step manual sequence, Cursor Composer preview discipline
• Dex's March 2026 "Everything We Got Wrong" revisions — Research↔Plan phases can iterate; the pre-Implement human gate is non-negotiable

Metadata

• draft: true
• Tags: AI, Developer Experience, GitHub Copilot, Productivity, Software Architecture
• 5 internal cross-links: context engineering, agentic DevOps, agent harnesses, Copilot vs. the world, GitHub agentic workflows

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<issue_title>Write article: Research → Plan → Implement — The Anti-Vibe-Coding Workflow</issue_title>
<issue_description>Write an article about the Research → Plan → Implement (RPI) workflow for AI coding agents.

Content idea: htekdev/content-management#111

Key points to cover:

• Dex Horthy (HumanLayer) coined the RPI framework at AI Engineer conference
• The three phases: Research (understand codebase/docs), Plan (explicit steps, human review), Implement (follow plan, review diffs)
• Why skipping research leads to hallucinated code
• His follow-up "Everything We Got Wrong" (March 2026) — lessons learned
• Connect to Copilot CLI /plan mode and spec-driven development
• Connect to agentic devops thesis — governance at every phase
• Real example: our own AI agent skipped research and published a hallucinated article (PR fix: rewrite extensions article — remove fabricated API surfaces #105)
• Practical guide: how to apply RPI with Copilot CLI, Claude Code, Cursor

References:

• https://youtube.com/watch?v=rmvDxxNubIg (No Vibes Allowed talk)
• https://youtube.com/watch?v=YwZR6tc7qYg (Everything We Got Wrong)
• HumanLayer: https://humanlayer.dev

File: src/content/articles/research-plan-implement-anti-vibe-coding-workflow.mdx
Frontmatter: draft: true, tags: [AI, Developer Experience, GitHub Copilot, Productivity, Software Architecture]
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• Fixes Write article: Research → Plan → Implement — The Anti-Vibe-Coding Workflow #108

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[htekdev]

Article reviewed: well-structured RPI framework piece with valid internal links to 5 existing articles. PR #105 reference adds authentic context. Sources (Dex Horthy, HumanLayer) are real. Ties cleanly into agentic devops thesis. ✅