Software Development prompts for AI agents

Take this feature request, break it into tasks, write the code and tests, and open a pull request. Flag anything you are unsure about for a human reviewer.

On this health app, fix the priority bugs, harden browser/session isolation for automation, and prepare production fixes with health checks. Pause before any production push.

Read each new support ticket and suggest which component or team should own it. Post the suggestion as a comment with your reasoning, but do not change any fields. A person decides.

Draft an article from these notes and my previous posts in my voice. Mark any claim you could not check.

In this repo, plan meals and track symptoms. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, edit site design visually and have an agent write the code. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, prototype product features as a non-coding PM. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Using the approved plan in PLAN.md, implement stage 1 on a new branch, run tests, and open a draft PR. Do not start stage 2 until review comments are addressed.

In this repo, build a deals page step by step. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, build a cardiac health tracking app. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, run parallel local coding agent sessions. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, give a coding agent a paper corpus to find new techniques. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Review this PR as a different model family than the author. Check correctness, security and missing tests. Return only actionable findings; do not rewrite the whole diff.

In this repo, keep coding agents running autonomously for long stretches. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Map this iOS feature into bite-size prompts. Implement the next slice on a branch with tests. Stop when you hit a multi-layer integration (push, CloudKit, payments) and list what needs a human.

In this repo, let an agent start a business from scratch. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, test features on screen and merge fixed PRs. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, hunt business-logic flaws and open fix PRs. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, write, review and document code across a product's PRs. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, write a Linux kernel improvement. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, use Codex for non-coding chores. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, test how well coding agents can onboard to your product. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Before writing code, research the architecture in plan mode. Outline phases. Implement phase 1 only, then pause for review and commit before continuing.

In this repo, take ideas to implementation. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Take this small, well-defined task, work on its own branch, and open a draft PR with a short description and test results.

Explore the app with Playwright as a new user. Compare what you find to docs/, list knowledge gaps, and draft PR-ready markdown for the three biggest gaps.

In this repo, run real estate transactions. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, run agents that work Jira tickets, review PRs and send updates. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, pair-program. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

List every package in this project that is not on the latest version, grouped by upgrade difficulty (easy patch/minor, medium single major, hard multi-major or framework-critical). Include current and latest versions.

In this repo, generate live-coding music. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, fix and resubmit a rejected app remotely. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, debug overnight. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, control robots. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, build a mental models framework. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Rename every file in this folder to a consistent lowercase-hyphen format and convert any .heic images to .jpg. Show me the plan first.

In this repo, automate web configuration from coding sessions. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Here is a raw voice-memo transcript and links to related code. Explore the repo for existing patterns, draft a short PRD, then write PLAN.md with files to touch. Do not implement yet.

In this repo, turn one goal into an ordered plan of coding-agent tasks. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

This Slack bug report just arrived. Check Linear for duplicates, create an issue if new, investigate the root cause in the repo, attempt a fix on a branch, and reply in the thread with a summary.

In this repo, run parallel coding agents from Markdown specs in tmux. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, run a personal assistant that handles repo issues and groceries. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, find a Linux vulnerability hidden for 23 years. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Research the latest changelogs for the tools in my stack, summarize what changed this week, and add the summary to today's note.

In this repo, coordinate sub-agents to monitor PRs and fix prod bugs. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, build and publish a BaZi chart reading agent. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, work on mainframes and COBOL. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, use a bot as a QA intern on a live app. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Update xstate and @xstate/react. Before editing, look up the official migration docs and follow them. Keep behavior identical and list any API changes you made.

Fix only this function. Here are the API docs for the return values. Do not refactor callers. Show the diff and how to verify.

Stand up a multi-role bot team on this repo: research context, classify risk, patch minimally, run checks, review the diff, then open a draft PR. Pause before merge or any secret-touching change.

Write an implementation plan for this feature to docs/plans/: scope, approach, files touched, risks. Don't write code yet.

In this repo, hand off coding sessions between agent accounts at usage limits. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Read this half-finished side project and the README wishlist. Propose the smallest path to a usable daily-driver version, then implement the first three items with tests.

Look at this project directory, summarize what the product does, then list the top 5 companies in <city> that would be good pilot customers. Include why each fits and a LinkedIn search query.

Via Slack: fix this small lint/test failure on main, open a PR with the change, and do not expand scope beyond the failing check.

Explain how <subsystem> works in this repo. Use explore subagents if helpful. Give me a short architecture note and the five files I should read first.

On PR open, classify risk by blast radius, complexity and infra impact. Auto-approve low risk. For higher risk, assign up to two reviewers from contribution history and log the decision.

In this repo, spend leftover AI quota on reviewable PRs. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

A PagerDuty incident just fired. Use Datadog to inspect related logs, search the repo for recent suspect changes, draft a fix on a branch, and post a Slack summary with the PR link.

In this repo, run varied business tasks through a general agent. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, review Linux kernel patches. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, investigate broken builds and merge fixes. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, generate ad-copy variants and scrape competitor ads. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, update a legacy Telegram bot and refactor an app. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, run coding agents like a medical team to fix bugs. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, fix a broken API website. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Summarize meaningful changes to this repository in the last seven days for Slack: major PRs, bug fixes, tech debt and security or dependency updates. Keep it under 400 words.

In this repo, ship more pull requests. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, run multi-stage PR reviews. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Coordinate a fleet of specialty coding bots on this org: scan for red CI, security issues, and merge conflicts every 30 minutes, send fix agents, and queue draft PRs for human review. No production deploys without approval.

In this repo, route Linear tickets to PRs across multiple repos. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, refactor a million-line repo with 1,393 subagents. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Read the roadmap, pick the smallest item that can be safely finished today, implement it on a branch with tests, and summarize the change.

In this repo, build data analysis reports and dashboards. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, build and deploy a meeting app from a prompt. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, build a C compiler. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Investigate whether <library> can do <task>. Write small experiments, run them, and commit a README with findings, code and what didn't work.

In this repo, review contracts like NDAs and SaaS agreements in Claude Code. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, surface unanswered emails from the past week. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, read and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, patch annoying software behavior by pointing an agent at it. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, give coding agents git-native persistent memory. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, triage failed GitHub Actions runs and self-heal flaky tests. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, source and screen candidates and reply over WhatsApp. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Build a small dashboard that aggregates open PRs across these Azure DevOps repos, highlighting approvals, conflicts, and comment threads. Keep secrets local and show a working read-only view before any write APIs.

Upgrade this project from Remix v2 to React Router v7. Look up the official migration guides first, delete obsolete patch files, verify with `npx react-router routes` against main, and open a PR.

In this repo, turn tickets into merged pull requests. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, test API endpoints in Postman and report results. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Backend agent: design the API and data model for this feature. Frontend agent: implement the UI from the Figma MCP once the API contract is in api.md. Do not share a working tree.

In this empty repo, drive toward a shippable product over the next 72 hours. Prefer tiny PRs, reproduce failures before fixing, and stop for approval on migrations, deploys, or anything public.

In this repo, run multi-agent LLM financial trading analysis. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, run OpenClaw bots for repo upkeep, note-taking and team Slack help. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, run LLM assistants over company data. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, review GitHub pull requests for bugs and security. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Rename type <OldName> to <NewName> across this monorepo. Update imports, tests and docs. Run the test suite after each major package and summarize remaining references.

In this repo, queue maintenance and bug fixes for Cursor background agents. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, point a computer-using bot at any repo. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, play mayor in SimCity through an API. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

Search public GitHub for repos that appear to commit API keys or tokens and also show evidence of coding-agent use. Rank the top 20 by priority and include a LinkedIn URL when you can find one.

In this repo, have Copilot coding agent write and push code. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, give coding agents compiler-accurate Find Usages for C#. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, fix a broken Delete button in a GitHub repo. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, measure flaky tests from CI history, prioritize the worst offenders, attempt minimal repros and fixes overnight, and open draft PRs. I will review before anything merges.

In this repo, draft pull request reviews for you to edit and send. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, create accounts, buy domains, and deploy without a human. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

From my phone: fix the failing lint on main for file <path>, open a PR, and keep the diff under 20 lines.

In this repo, catch intent conflicts between parallel coding agents. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.

In this repo, build SQLite. Read relevant code, apply a minimal patch, run available checks, and summarize the diff. Stop before merge or deploy.