Agentic Coding

Day 2: The Conversation

Key question: How do we communicate with agents?

Today's ACIs

ACI Name Takeaway
ACI-017 The Delegation Model Shift from "I write code, the AI helps" to "I define outcomes, the agent executes." Delegation requires specifying what you want, what you do not want, and how to verify.
ACI-014 Context Engineering vs Prompt Engineering A good prompt is a single interaction. Good context is the persistent environment that makes every interaction better.
ACI-024 The Prompt That Worked Task definition quality determines output quality more than any other variable. Constrain scope, declare dependencies, validate architecture before committing.
ACI-003 Correction Erosion After Compaction In long sessions, the context window fills and earlier corrections are compacted away. The agent is not ignoring you -- it cannot see the correction anymore.
ACI-007 Cross-Project Contamination Agents carry context from one project into another. Patterns and conventions from Project A appear in Project B.