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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