Prompting Skills playbook/Module 9 · Prompting by role

Day 90 / 100 · Prompting by role · Developers

Pair with it. Review it.

AI is a strong pair programmer. Treat its code like a pull request from a fast, confident junior: helpful, and always reviewed.

Explain and debug

Causes Before Fixes

“Here's the error and the method. List likely causes before suggesting any fix.”

You learn the why, not just a patch.

Tests

Edge Cases

“Write xUnit tests for this service method, including edge cases.”

Tests that find what you forgot.

Review

A Second Pair Of Eyes

“Review this diff for bugs, security issues and readability.”

Before a human reviewer spends their time.

If you can't explain it, don't merge it.