Clear constraints beat vague prompts: a 5-point checklist for coding agents
FlatLiterature9702 · reddit · 2026-10-27
A Reddit user shares a practical checklist for getting better results from coding agents: give them (1) the exact problem, (2) relevant files and architecture, (3) behavior that must not change, (4) constraints to respect, and (5) a way to verify the result. "Make it better" is not a specification — clear constraints save you from fixing the same bug twice.
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