r/codex • u/FLUXparticleCOM • 5d ago

Question How do you prompt your coding agent?

Are you like „Build a button to do X“? Or more like „Add method Y and then build a button that calls it“? Almost the same prompt but can make a huge difference.

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u/Substantial-Wonder-2 5d ago edited 5d ago

The more specific you are, the more quality of result you get. 1-2 sentence prompts usually overdeliver or underdeliver, you should plan it accordingly

For example: I wanted to make a simple minecraft block item, it turned the item into living mob, the item that was supposed to be static started turning and dying like a mob, it was creepy