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Four rules to curb AI coding mistakes v1.0.0

Use this resource to guide a coding agent toward small, verifiable changes

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install llm-coding-behaviour-guidelines

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

Drawn from Andrej Karpathy's observations on common coding-model mistakes, the prompt asks the agent to state assumptions, avoid over-engineering, touch only what the task needs and turn each task into a testable goal. It favours caution, so trivial tasks rely on judgement.

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Updated November 2, 2026

Card for the “Four rules to curb AI coding mistakes” prompt

Details

Works in
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Generates with
Your agent's model
Licence
CC0-1.0

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What you get

  • The full prompt, ready to paste
  • Four principles: think first, simplicity, surgical changes, verifiable goals
  • Examples of turning a task into a test

Good fit for

  • Supervising an agent that edits an existing repository
  • Reviewing an AI change before merging it

Not for

    Tags

    • agent
    • code
    • review
    • best practices

    About

    You say

    “Fix this validation bug: first write a test that reproduces it.”

    Card for the “Four rules to curb AI coding mistakes” prompt

    Prompt published by yazz4444 under the CC0-1.0 license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Paste the prompt into your assistant or agent
    2. Ask it to guide a coding agent toward small, verifiable changes
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE0.6 KB
    • llm-coding-behaviour-guidelines.md2.4 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    yazz4444
    Source
    github.com/f/prompts.chat/blob/cecef6fc73c2c389770695a56252d331981727de/prompts.csv
    Licence
    CC0-1.0

    Notice

    « karpathy-guidelines » (yazz4444, CC0-1.0) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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