2 ready prompts
Written for the moment this actually comes up.
Execute — do the immediate task
+I need to open the command palette and run the Format Document command to standardize the file…
Execute — do the immediate task
+I need to open the command palette and run the Format Document command to standardize the file before committing. Open the palette, run Format Document, and confirm if any changes were made to main.py.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+I invoked the format command and it rewrote string concatenation and some SQL literals in a way…
Decide — diagnose the stuck moment
+I opened the palette and the formatter suggested changes that look dangerous
I invoked the format command and it rewrote string concatenation and some SQL literals in a way that looks like it could change runtime behavior. I can’t tell if this is a config issue or a formatter bug. What’s the most likely diagnosis and the safest immediate action to avoid committing harmful formatting?
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
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Every task here came from the work, not from a feature list — which is why the prompts name what you want done and never the button that does it. The tool changes; the work does not.
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