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Symptom
Human

Callers use long dotted access paths to walk through one object to reach another's data — `order.customer.address.street` exposes every intermediate boundary.

Agent

The agent finds long dotted access paths through several object hops; renaming any intermediate field silently breaks every caller.

Goal
Human

Callers ask the closest object for what they want; the object delegates internally without exposing its collaborators.

Agent

Callers reach for the wrapper's methods directly; the agent reads one type signature instead of walking the delegate chain to predict what the call returns.

Before the refactoring

const street = order.customer.address.street;

After the refactoring

// inside Order: customerStreet() { return this.customer.address.street; }
const street = order.customerStreet();
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Pressure
Human

Every link in the chain is a coupling point; renaming any intermediate field breaks every caller; consumers depend on the full graph shape.

Agent

Every link in the chain is a coupling point the agent holds in working memory; refactoring any intermediate shape requires updating every chain access.

Tradeoff
Human

Adds a passthrough method on the parent for every delegated operation — only worth it for operations that are repeated across consumers.

Agent

Each hidden delegate adds a passthrough method on the host; for chains used in one place the passthrough is overhead the agent now maintains in two places.

Relief
Human

Encapsulation tightens; intermediate objects can change shape without breaking callers.

Agent

Callers read one type's methods to reach the delegate's behavior; the delegate's shape changes without breaking caller code, because the wrapper's signature is the only contract the agent's generated code depends on.

Trap
Human

Wrapping every dotted access in a passthrough — including chains used only once where the wrapper adds cost without removing real coupling.

Agent

Wrapping every dotted chain in passthroughs migrates the chain from call sites into the host's surface — the agent now wades through a wall of delegations to find real behavior.