Prompt Patterns

Ask for the outcome. Let the agent drive AIT.

A shape that works

Help me [outcome].
Keep [behavior or constraint].
Verify [how we'll know].
Don't [boundary].

You shouldn't have to create the sprint card, Task, Snapshot, or complete the change yourself. The AGENTS.md in your repository tells an AIT-aware agent how to handle all of that.

Patterns worth copying

Make one bounded change

Update the login flow, keep the public behavior, and add the tests.

Don't clobber other work

Fix this regression without overwriting unrelated changes in my workspace. Find the revision that caused it first.

Ask for honest verification

Run the narrowest check that proves this, then tell me what passed, what you didn't test, and what still worries you.

Carry it through closeout

Finish this slice and close it out.

Diagnose without changing anything

Work out why this fails and show me the evidence. Don't fix it yet.

Keep external actions in bounds

Prepare the release assets and check them locally. Don't publish, change DNS, or touch production.