How to Get the Best Answer from AI

2 things can improve the quality of the AI answer:

1. Provide specific (file level) context to the AI

1. Provide specific requirements and instructions

As an example, we will turn into a potentially bad prompt into a better prompt for a hypothetical e-commerce project.

❌ Initial Prompt

• the context is not specific.

• the requirements aren’t clear.

✅ Final Prompt

• the context is specific.

• the requirements are clear.

Specify context

Use the '@' system to tell AI exactly which files to consider as context. This produces the highest quality of answers, but requires you to know which files are relevant.

Improved Prompt

✅ the context is specific.

❌ the requirements aren’t clear.

Use /Explain and /Plan to quickly research which files are relevant.

Understand codebase (skip if you know the codebase already)

You may first want to understand how products and carts interact with each other.

Determine solution plan (skip if you already know how to do it)

EasyCode can offer suggestions on which files to change, and what changes to make.

Specify requirements

Provide as much requirements upfront as possible. Imagine you are giving the task to another developer, the more clear you communicate what you want in the beginning, the less back-and-forth there will be.

✅ the context is specific.

✅ the requirements are clear.