@mattpocockuk: Prompt of the day: /wait-what questions did you have for me Great for when the agent has gone off on its own for hours …
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Matt Pocock shares a 'prompt of the day': a /wait-what command designed to collect questions an AI agent has accumulated in its context window after running autonomously for hours.
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Prompt of the day:
/wait-what questions did you have for me
Great for when the agent has gone off on its own for hours and has random questions scattered through its context window.
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