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 principlesdocs/status.md— Session log
Language
- English for everything (these principles are language-independent)
Commits
feat:for new principlesdocs:for examples, refinements, rewordingsfix:for corrections to existing principles