Prompts I actually use.

These are the lines I type into my agents. Most are word for word from my own chats. Tap Copy, then paste one into your agent.

Before any agent builds

Build a [what] for [who].
One job: [job].
Done when: [done].
Check: [check].
Found by: [found].
Money: [money].

Fill in the brackets with your answers to the six questions.

When I start a feature

understand what we are trying to accomplish, then interview me if you have questions.

When a plan feels too big

Are we taking an Elon Musk elegant style approach here? Question and challenge everything

When the AI is stuck

start from scratch, I think you are holding onto outdated assumptions, try again

When I want a code review
```
Claude wrote this code. Review it.
```
Paste into Codex. It gets much stricter.

At the end of a session

make sure absolutely everything is documented in our /docs folder for future agent reference