Explicitly tell AI to "think" or "brainstorm"
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What is Explicitly tell AI to "think" or "brainstorm"?
For tricky problems, don't ask AI to jump straight to a solution. Tell it to think through the options first and explain its reasoning before writing any code. This simple instruction often leads to much better results on complex tasks.
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More in stage 11: More topics
- Tell AI what NOT to do
- Give AI mockups, reference files, and material
- Pick a popular tech stack rather than new/niche ones
- Explicitly ask AI to perform a security audit of the application
- Once tests are in place, refactor regularly
- Work step by step rather than trying to build all at once
- Leverage long context windows
- Ask AI to keep the code modular and aim for smaller modules/files
- Prompt the error message and let AI do the rest
- Consider Test-driven development (TDD)
- Ask for one task at a time
- Be specific about what you want
- Install and ask AI to use MCP
- Regularly ask the AI to review and refactor the codebase
- Implement Spec-Driven Development (SDD)
- Illustrate AI with Examples
- Plan what you need to develop
- If you have style/coding preferences, document them for AI
- Start each new feature with a clean Git slate
- Ask AI to write tests
- Regularly update your context document
- Always use env variables
- Use skills created by others
- Ask Al to create a list of possible causes
- Use "act as" framing when helpful
- If AI fails after 3 prompts, stop
- Use subagents
- For unrelated tasks, clean and start new sessions
- Use breaking tests
- Revert with Git
- Ask AI to handle your Git and GitHub CLI tasks
- Tell AI to add logs
- Use git commit
Explicitly tell AI to "think" or "brainstorm": common questions
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Is this Explicitly tell AI to "think" or "brainstorm" tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 18 of 51 in the free Vibe Coding roadmap, in stage 11, More topics. If you are new to Vibe Coding, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.