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As syntax becomes cheap and abundant, architectural control becomes the scarce resource. Effective governance starts upstream, where intent, constraints, and threat models shape the agent’s working context before generation begins. The goal isn’t better prompting but build-time boundaries that prevent structurally invalid code from entering the system. The Frankenstein factories The dark factories (as Dan

Cat Wu leads product for Claude Code and Cowork at Anthropic, so she’s well-versed in building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. And since 90% of Anthropic’s code is now written by Claude Code, she’s also deeply familiar with fitting them into routine day-to-day work. Last month, Cat joined Addy Osmani at AI Codecon for