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I think he has a point. I noticed the same with skills that invoke another agent harness. I just have a skill to review the changes in the current worktree. B

I think he has a point. I noticed the same with skills that invoke another agent harness. I just have a skill to review the changes in the current worktree. By default, it will put lots of instructions about locating the changes into the prompt, like explaining how to use git diff. These instructions are obviously unnecessary. I can believe that the same issue of needlessly verbose prompts might exist with subagent spawning. I would not go to customize that one however. With skills, it is a more natural fix.

drdec 2mo ago
IMHO, the verbosity is an attempt to make the results more deterministic. The more specific the prompt, the less wiggle room.
jaggederest 2mo ago
Remember, it's not just about the model "knowing" something. It's about the frame of mind it's in, if I may extend a metaphor. Including git diff in the prompt doesn't just teach it about git diff, it makes it more likely to use it. A lot of this is obsolete with newer models, but funnily enough, the newer models don't know that - their theory of mind is at least partially obsolete in itself, so they continue to do the old "you are a software architect, don't make mistakes" prompt style.