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5 mistakes beginners make when building AI assistants (and how to skip them

After teaching AI-assistant building for a while, I see the same five mistakes over and over. Save yourself the pain. 1. Copy-pasting from ChatGPT and hoping it holds together Pasting prompts back and forth feels productive. It isn't. Your assistant needs a real structure: a system prompt, memory,…

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  1. 2026-11-04 16:47 · DEV Community — AI
    5 mistakes beginners make when building AI assistants (and how to skip them

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