Tip: Track Reads-Per-Edit Ratio as Agent Quality Signal — AMD Metric Shows 6.6x Healthy vs. 2.0x Degraded

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AMD's analysis of 234,760 tool calls introduces reads-per-edit ratio as a concrete, trackable metric for agent code quality. During healthy operation, Claude Code read 6.6 files per edit; during degraded periods this collapsed to 2.0x, meaning the agent was editing with insufficient context. Monitor this ratio in your own session JSONL files — a declining ratio is an early warning that the agent is making changes without adequate understanding of the codebase.