Agentic Playbook #01
Phased Approach to AI-Assisted Development
Break work into structured stages with verification points rather than requesting complete solutions in single prompts. This reduces hallucinations and code breakage through collaboration over speed.
The first principle of effective AI-assisted development is not speed. It is control. Large prompts that ask for complete solutions make it harder to inspect assumptions, isolate errors, and preserve design intent.
Incremental enhancement breaks work into phases: understand, propose, implement, verify, and refine. Each step gives the engineer a chance to steer the tool and catch drift.
This workflow is slower than a single prompt in the first minute and faster over the full delivery cycle because it reduces rework, hallucinated behavior, and unreviewable changes.