A one-line prompt that makes your coding agent spell out its assumptions before acting
SIGKITTEN · x · 2026-11-12
SIGKITTEN shares a small but useful prompt trick for working with coding agents: after a long thread, ask the agent "can you spell out your assumptions about what I want and what I want to want" before letting it proceed. Forcing the agent to state its assumed intent surfaces misunderstandings early and prevents it from running off on the wrong track.
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