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How do you know if your coding agent's instructions are getting better?

A common way to improve a coding agent is to change its instructions. You add a rule to AGENTS.md. You write a skill for a recurring task. You tell the agent to check something before editing code. Then the next run looks better. But was the instruction responsible? That's a harder question than it…

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  1. 2026-10-31 20:45 · DEV Community — AI
    How do you know if your coding agent's instructions are getting better?

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