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Tools of the Trade

Know the five shapes a coding assistant comes in, what each can see and change, and how to give one the project context it needs before it touches a file.

Lessons
6
Exercises
34
Minutes
35

Start Five Shapes of Coding Assistant

  1. 1

    Five Shapes of Coding Assistant

    After this lesson you can name the five shapes a coding assistant takes and say what each one can see and do.

    Code orderFill blankMultiple choice
    5 exercises
    5 min
  2. 2

    What the Agent Can See

    After this lesson you can predict an agent's mistakes from what was in its window: which files it opened, what the tests printed, and what it never looked at.

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    5 exercises
    5 min
  3. 3

    Repository Instructions

    After this lesson you can write the instruction file an agent reads before every session, so it knows how your project works without being told each time.

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    5 exercises
    6 min
  4. 4

    Pointing the Agent at the Right Code

    After this lesson you can hand an agent the files, symbols and commands a task needs, so it starts from the right place instead of searching.

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    5 exercises
    5 min
  5. 5

    Checkpoint: Know Your ToolCheckpoint

    Shapes, the window, repo instructions and pointing, in fresh situations.

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    6 exercises
    6 min
  6. 6

    Boss: The First SessionBoss

    Set up and run a coding agent's first session on a real codebase, in eight decisions.

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    8 exercises
    8 min