Refine your initial prompt instead of course-correcting
7 days ago
- #AI coding
- #best practices
- #prompt engineering
- First attempts with AI coding agents often don't produce desired results.
- Avoid lengthy back-and-forth corrections; instead, edit the original prompt.
- Incremental corrections lead to confusion, conflicting context, and degraded performance.
- Editing the initial prompt provides a clear, authoritative source of requirements.
- AI models perform better with a fresh start and complete information upfront.
- Best practice: Stop follow-ups, refine the original prompt, and let the agent start fresh.