It's easy to get good productivity out of LLMs in complex apps, here are my tips: Create a directory in the root of your project called /specs Chat with a

It's easy to get good productivity out of LLMs in complex apps, here are my tips: Create a directory in the root of your project called /specs Chat with a LLM to drill into ideas having it play the role of a Startup Advisor, work through problem definitions, what your approach is, and build a high level plan. If you are happy with the state of your direction, ask the LLM to build a product-strategy.md file with the sole purpose of describing to an AI Agent what the goal of the project is. Discuss with an LLM all sorts of issues like: Components of the site Mono Repo vs targeted repos Security issues and your approach to them High level map of technologies you will use Strong references to KISS rules and don't over complicate A key rule is do not build features for future use Wrap that up in a spec md file Continue this process until you have a detailed spec, with smaller .md files indexed from your main README.md spec file Continue promoting the role of AI Developer, AI Consumer, AI Advisor, End User Break all work into Phase 1 (MVP), Phase 2, and future phases, don't get more granular (only do Phase 2 if needed) Ask LLM to document best practice development standards and document in your CLAUDE.md or whatever you use. Discuss the standards, err to industry standard if you are lost Challenge the LLM while building standards, keep looping back and adjusting earlier assumptions Instruct AI Agents like Claude Code to target on specific spec files and implement only Phase 1. If you get stuck on how to do that, ask an LLM on how to prompt your coding agent to focus, you will learn how they operate. Always ask the coding agent to review any markdown files used to document your solution and update with current features, progress, and next issues. Paste all .md files back into other AI's e.g. high models of ChatGPT and ask it to review and identify missing areas / issues Don't believe everything the agents say, challenge them and refuse to let them make you happy or confirm your actions, that is not their job. Always provide context around errors that you want to solve, read the error, read the line number, paste in the whole function or focus your Cursor.ai prompt to that file. Work with all the AI's, each has their strength. Don't use the free models, pay, it's like running a business with borrowed tools, don't. Learn like crazy, there are so many tips I'm nowhere near learning. Be kind to your agent (Edited: formatting)