Filter-then-locate beats whole-file prompts: testing 4 ways to update READMEs with LLMs
KhuyenTran16 · x · 2026-10-27
Updating a README with an LLM requires two decisions per change: whether it belongs and where it goes. The author tested four strategies on the same release notes—whole-file update, section-by-section, locate-then-update, and filter-then-locate—and found filtering first is most reliable. Includes the skill file now used for README updates.
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