A portable, beginner-friendly primer on working with agentic AI coding agents: what they are, the set-the-goal / it-acts / you-supervise loop, giving good context, reviewing both output and actions, iterating, common failure modes, and working safely. Use as the lead-in for someone new to working with AI coding agents, before any project-specific guidance.
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description: "A portable, beginner-friendly primer on working with agentic AI coding agents: what they are, the set-the-goal / it-acts / you-supervise loop, giving good context, reviewing both output and actions, iterating, common failure modes, and working safely. Use as the lead-in for someone new to working with AI coding agents, before any project-specific guidance."
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# Working With Agentic Ai (Claude Code)
Read and follow `.agent/skills/working-with-agentic-ai/SKILL-CANONICAL.md`.