You Already Know What Your First AI Rule Should Be. You Just Have Not Written It Down Yet.

Short summary

Developers repeatedly correct AI output in predictable patterns—these are unstated rules waiting to be formalized. Start by documenting your most frequent correction as a single, specific rule and provide it to the AI before your next session. This eliminates that correction, demonstrates that constraint-based prompting works, and naturally motivates building a full systematic rule set from evidence rather than planning.

• •Your repetitive AI corrections are actually rules you haven't written down yet
• •Start with one rule—your most frequent correction—formatted clearly and given to the AI upfront
• •This single rule reduces corrections and demonstrates why systematic prompting works

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