5 Agentic Coding Tips Tricks

What’s Happening

So get this: Agentic coding only feels “smart” when it ships correct diffs, passes tests, and leaves a paper trail you can trust.

5 Agentic Coding Tips Tricks By Nahla Davies on in AI 0 Post Agentic Coding Tips Tricks Image by Editor Introduction Agentic coding only feels smart when it ships correct diffs, passes tests, and leaves a paper trail you can trust. The fastest way to get there is to stop asking an agent to build a feature and start giving it a workflow it cannot escape. (and honestly, same)

That workflow should force clarity (what changes), evidence (what passed), and containment (what it can touch).

The Details

The tips below are concrete patterns you can drop into daily work with code agents, whether you are using a CLI agent, an IDE assistant, or a custom tool-using model. Use A Repo Map To Prevent Blind Refactors Agents get generic when they do not understand the topology of your codebase .

They default to broad refactors because they cannot reliably locate the right seams. Give the agent a repo map that is short, opinionated, and anchored in the parts that matter.

Why This Matters

Create a machine-readable snapshot of your project structure and key entry points. Keep it under a few hundred lines. Update it when major folders change.

As AI capabilities expand, we’re seeing more announcements like this reshape the industry.

Key Takeaways

• Then feed the map into the agent before any coding.
• Here’s a simple generator you can keep in tools/repo_map.
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The Bottom Line

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