Triage Your AI Coding Context: A 4-Bucket Cleanup Strategy
AlexKim · x · 2026-08-07
The author details a "triage" cleanup strategy for AI coding assistant context instructions. Facing an old config file with 22 ALL-CAPS rules and heavily duplicated workflow explanations, he categorized every section into four buckets:
- Delete: Derivable information that clutters the repo.
- Relocate: Real knowledge placed at the wrong altitude.
- Rewrite: Caps-lock mandatory rules condensed into a single sentence with the reason.
- Keep: Incident-earned warnings, kept verbatim.
This structured approach effectively removes outdated, defensive instructions aimed at older, less capable models.
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