I tested two agent rules before shipping them. One was needed, one was not.
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Most rule files for coding agents are written the same way: something goes wrong, you add a sentence telling the agent not to do it again, and the file grows. Nobody checks whether the sentence changes anything. Before releasing agos , I ran a small test on two of its rules to see which ones actual…
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- 2026-10-11 11:26 · DEV Community — AI
I tested two agent rules before shipping them. One was needed, one was not.