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AI agents need better code architecture, not just prompts, says author

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The article argues that the failure of AI agents stems not from poor prompting, but from inadequate codebase architecture. It proposes 'Context Engineering' as a superior approach to prompt engineering, emphasizing the need to design systems that can effectively manage and utilize context. The author, Sean O'Malley, has developed an open-source coding agent called 'suga' written in Go, which is available on DEV Community. AI

IMPACT Suggests that focusing on codebase architecture and context management, rather than just prompt tuning, is key to improving AI agent performance.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a technical opinion piece about AI agent architecture and proposes an alternative approach.

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AI agents need better code architecture, not just prompts, says author

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Context Engineering over Prompt Engineering: Architecting Codebases for AI Agents TLDR: Agents don't fail because your prompt was badly worded. They fail becaus

    Context Engineering over Prompt Engineering: Architecting Codebases for AI Agents TLDR: Agents don't fail because your prompt was badly worded. They fail because your codebase was never designed to be read . The engineers getting compounding returns from agents aren't the best pr…

    LINKS dev.to/…/context-engineering-over-prompt-…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Originally published on my blog. I'm the author of suga, an MIT-licensed coding agent written in... # go # ai # cli # opensource # software # coding # developme

    Originally published on my blog. I'm the author of suga, an MIT-licensed coding agent written in... # go # ai # cli # opensource # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community How my Go coding agent keeps a turn-1 constraint across 3 context resets

    LINKS dev.to/…/how-my-go-coding-agent-keeps-a-t…

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