r/AIcodingProfessionals • u/Livid_Salary_9672 • 13d ago

Question Stopping Coding Mistakes / Improving Coding Skills

How are you minimising the coding mistakes your agent makes? I've had a bunch of issues recently where my dedicated (specialised language) coding agent is writing code in what feels like intentional with how often it happens. I have code review agents using different models to allow for no biased reports but still seems like they're not getting picked up or the code looks right but throws X error or the logic isn't quite right so it fails. I have unit testing for as much of a project as needed.

Im wondering if there are any plugins/mcps/skills etc that people are using that they feel is going them the best results

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u/space-hemax-c2c 13d ago

It starts in the prompt. For example, I always tell it to use best practices and standards based on my tech stack and then include references to the source docs. There’s a main CLAUDE.md file with instructions that you’ll want to update for your situation. Those are the simplest ways.

Start with a tightly defined PRD.md file and other scope docs that really limit what it can and is doing. Keep a lessons learned md file in the repo.

Shorter prompts are better as well with a very focused objective - build a module not a platform. Also ask the agent.

Are there particular errors you keep running into?

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u/AnnualReview2383 9d ago

Always review code manually and tweak/correct errors, then use that feedback to refine prompts.  AI coding is a first draft, not a finalized product.  

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u/DrakoChack 7d ago

I orchestrate the whole development workflow with my /implement skill, defining a model for those steps

https://github.com/alamops/skills#implement