Dev adds a 'Non-goals' section to agent work orders to stop unsolicited refactors
HaktanSuren · x · 2026-10-24
The author shares that his agent work-order template includes a 'Non-goals' section — because a tiny bug fix shouldn't come back with a complimentary architecture migration. A simple but effective guardrail against coding agents overstepping their task scope.
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