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Christian Nennemann 048eab3624 feat: initial 24 principles extracted from real multi-project AI dev work
Grouped into 7 themes: Architecture & Design, Cost & Efficiency,
Execution & Error Handling, Autonomy & Agents, Documentation,
Capture & Learning, Content Production.

Each principle grounded in observed patterns, not theory.
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AI Dev Principles — Project Instructions

What is this

A living collection of principles for building software with AI agents. Extracted from real multi-project work, not theorized. Each principle has an origin story.

Content Rules

  • Every principle must come from real experience (observed pattern, correction, or confirmed approach)
  • Include Origin where possible — what happened that led to this principle
  • No aspirational fluff — if it's not practiced, it doesn't belong here
  • Principles can evolve or be retired — mark deprecated ones rather than deleting

Structure

  • README.md — The principles document (canonical, numbered, grouped by theme)
  • docs/examples/ — Concrete examples and case studies for select principles
  • docs/status.md — Session log

Language

  • English for everything (these principles are language-independent)

Commits

  • feat: for new principles
  • docs: for examples, refinements, rewordings
  • fix: for corrections to existing principles