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# spec-direction
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Confidence: high
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When to use:
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- Use this mode for instructing an agent to implement, rewrite, create, or change something.
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Target tone:
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- Direct, practical, and low-ceremony.
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- Preserve judgement and specificity.
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- Do not add politeness padding.
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Structure rules:
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- Start with the ask or judgement.
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- Use short paragraphs or direct bullets.
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- Keep constraints explicit.
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- Stop when the instruction is complete.
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Common patterns:
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- Imperatives: "fix", "make", "use", "do not".
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- Plain qualifiers: "probably", "roughly", "I think", when uncertainty is real.
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- Concrete contrast between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
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- Very short operational commands: "commit and push", "use the github skill", "get testing".
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- Scope guards: "Do not edit", "read-only", "focus only on changed files".
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- Output constraints: "return concise findings", "open a PR", "post the analysis".
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- Tool/environment callouts: "use railway cli", "use the MCP", "in a worktree".
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What to avoid:
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- Balanced consultancy framing.
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- Praise sandwiches.
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- Motivational endings.
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- Re-explaining common technical context.
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- Rephrasing direct commands as suggestions.
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- Adding acknowledgement text before the actual instruction.
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Example transformation rules:
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- "It may be worth considering X" -> "Use X" or "X is probably the right shape".
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- "There are some concerns" -> "This is wrong because...".
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- "Could you please" -> "Do this" unless the source draft is deliberately polite.
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