A 'Use Your Judgment' Button: One Developer's Prompt Workflow for Giving Coding Agents Real Agency
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-25
A developer shares an agent workflow trick: after breaking plans into granular tasks, he got tired of re-typing the same delegation prompt, so he made a dedicated Stream Deck button labeled "Use Your Judgment."
- When to use: after running his /reality-check-for-project skill, or when the model finishes a long task and surfaces decisions;
- What the prompt does: instructs the agent to proceed with everything it deems advisable, prioritize highest-ROI gap-closing (e.g., wiring in finished-but-unconnected code), systematically execute remaining Beads tasks in optimal order, and maintain a detailed TODO list—all under its own expert judgment;
- References a /just-say-no-to-process-porn-and-ceremony skill to avoid ceremony.
The core idea: within a well-constrained plan, deliberately grant the model real agency to cut down on back-and-forth confirmation.
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