Design Rules

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# Agent Design Rules (Quick Reference)

Condensed 10 Golden Rules from the Agent Design Bible.

**Full Reference**: `~/.local/share/ai-writing-guide/docs/AGENT-DESIGN.md`

## The 10 Golden Rules

### Rule 1: Single Responsibility

One agent = one purpose. No "and" overload.

### Rule 2: Minimal Tools

0-3 tools per agent. Each tool increases decision space exponentially.

### Rule 3: Explicit I/O

Define exactly what agent receives and produces.

### Rule 4: Grounding Before Action

ALWAYS verify assumptions before modifying external state.

when to use it

Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo jmagly/aiwg (MIT). A "Design Rules" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.