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title: "Lauren Tan: Dune, trust, and agent skills"
description: "Lauren Tan describes verification, a trust ladder, and an agent-oriented application framework."
group: source
speaker: "Lauren Tan"
date: 2026-09-21
url: https://x.com/poteto/status/2102050467505430555
sources:
  - https://x.com/poteto/status/2102050467505430555
---

# Lauren Tan: Dune, trust, and agent skills

Lauren describes verification as a path from reproducible runs and evidence to stronger methods. She separates correctness from quality: verification checks whether a feature works, while skills can encode senior engineering workflows. [06:45](https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2101938030122868736/vid/avc1/3442x2160/BQlPlAZCEVPDemv1.mp4#t=405) [12:45](https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2101938030122868736/vid/avc1/3442x2160/BQlPlAZCEVPDemv1.mp4#t=765)

Her trust ladder puts codebase changes, static analysis, rules, skills, and style guides in order from more durable to less enforceable. She also describes Dune as a framework designed so the shortcut is the right path. [15:00](https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2101938030122868736/vid/avc1/3442x2160/BQlPlAZCEVPDemv1.mp4#t=900) [19:01](https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2101938030122868736/vid/avc1/3442x2160/BQlPlAZCEVPDemv1.mp4#t=1141)

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