Using Coding Assistants Efficiently
Get more from coding assistants by mastering skills, feedback loops, and the habits that separate productive users from frustrated ones.
Skills, feedback loops, and the art of steering AI pair programmers
Coding assistants are powerful, but most people use them like a search engine with extra steps. This chapter shows you how to actually collaborate with them.
You'll learn how to extend assistants with skills and hooks, how to build feedback loops that improve output quality over time, and how to recognize when the assistant is helping versus when it's wasting your time.
Working with Coding Assistants: Beyond Autocomplete
Shift your mental model from autocomplete to collaboration — and learn what coding assistants are actually good at.
Skills, Hooks, and Extending Your Assistant
Learn how skills and hooks turn a generic coding assistant into a specialized tool that fits your team's workflow.
Feedback Loops That Make Your Assistant Better Over Time
Build systematic feedback loops so your coding assistant improves with use instead of repeating the same mistakes.