Your brief got f**king worse the moment it left your head. so switch from rereading your own brief to a contractor read before it goes out... it catches what rereading never will, for the cost of one extra prompt [here is how to set it up in any agent workflow in one prompt] 1. second prompt → paste the brief → read it as a contractor who has never seen the repo 2. list every question they'd have to ask → mark anything nobody can answer as MISSING 3. ready to go Full breakdown below.
I got tired of agents reporting done when the tests were broken. This is the verification setup i wish i had... receipts, a premortem, a verifier, a retro. The exact path to a team that proves every piece is done, step by step. Full guide:
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Fresh eyes catch what rereading misses
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You're clearly improving fast. Compared to your earlier clips, this is a big step up.
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“use the existing auth flow” is a good example. obvious to the person writing the brief, not so obvious if there are three old implementations in the repo. naming the file would save a lot of guessing.
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contractor read catches what my own eyes skip every time
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Took me 20 years to learn: reread your own bets, not your brief. Same trap.
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