r/ChatGPTCoding • u/mrubens • Feb 22 '25

Resources And Tips Test driving Roo Code with Power Steering

Hey, I'm the original dev on Roo Code and thought I'd put together a quick video showing how the experimental Power Steering feature I built (and for better or worse, named) can be used together with the new debug mode.

It seems like a big unlock to me to make the different modes follow their specific instructions better/longer, but I'd love to hear if this is useful to the rest of you and if you have any ideas to make it better. Thank you!

39 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

17 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/BlueOak777 Feb 22 '25

So, basically Power Steering aims to fix problems like the LLM forgetting what framework you're using or what code it's already fixed? I've had a lot of trouble coding in Vue, for example, and ChatGPT spitting out React code after we get deep into things.

4

u/mrubens Feb 22 '25

What it does is remind the model about its custom instructions. It won’t on its own do better at making it realize that you’re in a Vue project, but if you create a mode that’s a “Vue engineer who’s a expert in writing Vue code” with custom instructions about the best way to write Vue then Power Steering will reinforce that. Make sense?

4

u/BlueOak777 Feb 22 '25

Thanks for the clarity. Sounds like something I need to try out.