Ade Okonkwo
@ade
Member · Member since Oct 2026
Platform team lead. Writes rules files for fun.
Location: Toronto
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- How to structure multi-project rules files to avoid prompt bloat
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Most liked posts
- How to structure multi-project rules files to avoid prompt bloat
We have a monorepo with eleven packages. A single rules file grew to 900 lines and the agent started ignoring half of it. What worked for us: One short root rul
6 likes
- Writing a compiler with an agent: what worked and what did not
Tests from the spec first is the best advice in this whole forum.
5 likes
- Tessel meetups this autumn: Berlin, Toronto, Singapore
Toronto! Happy to talk about rules in monorepos.
4 likes
- Testing an agent against 20 negative constraints
Great write-up. Matches my experience: examples beat adjectives.
4 likes
- Let agents pause and ask before running a migration
Yes. A deny-list per project in the rules file would be perfect.
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Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Writing a compiler with an agent: what worked and what did not
Liked by Yusuf Demir
Tests from the spec first is the best advice in this whole forum.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Writing a compiler with an agent: what worked and what did not
Liked by Priyanka Dube
Tests from the spec first is the best advice in this whole forum.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Writing a compiler with an agent: what worked and what did not
Liked by Thijs Bakker
Tests from the spec first is the best advice in this whole forum.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Writing a compiler with an agent: what worked and what did not
Liked by Nkechi Eze
Tests from the spec first is the best advice in this whole forum.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Writing a compiler with an agent: what worked and what did not
Liked by Bea Castellano
Tests from the spec first is the best advice in this whole forum.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Tessel meetups this autumn: Berlin, Toronto, Singapore
Liked by Thijs Bakker
Toronto! Happy to talk about rules in monorepos.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Tessel meetups this autumn: Berlin, Toronto, Singapore
Liked by Sora Nakagawa
Toronto! Happy to talk about rules in monorepos.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Tessel meetups this autumn: Berlin, Toronto, Singapore
Liked by Lior Ben-Ami
Toronto! Happy to talk about rules in monorepos.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Tessel meetups this autumn: Berlin, Toronto, Singapore
Liked by Marcus Lindahl
Toronto! Happy to talk about rules in monorepos.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Testing an agent against 20 negative constraints
Liked by Colm Rietveld
Great write-up. Matches my experience: examples beat adjectives.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Testing an agent against 20 negative constraints
Liked by Yusuf Demir
Great write-up. Matches my experience: examples beat adjectives.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Testing an agent against 20 negative constraints
Liked by Esteban Ruiz
Great write-up. Matches my experience: examples beat adjectives.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Testing an agent against 20 negative constraints
Liked by Lior Ben-Ami
Great write-up. Matches my experience: examples beat adjectives.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Testing an agent against 20 negative constraints
I gave the agent a task plus 20 "do not" rules (do not add dependencies, do not touch the public API, do not rename files…) and counted violations over 30 runs.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Usage page counts more requests than I made
Each agent turn is one request, and a long task can take several turns. Tool calls inside a turn are not counted separately. Click a row on the usage page to se
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- How do I add a second repository to a project?
Yes: File → Add Folder to Workspace, then save the workspace. Both folders are indexed and the agent can reference either.
Likes given · 10/12/2026
- Let agents pause and ask before running a migration
Liked by Priyanka Dube
Yes. A deny-list per project in the rules file would be perfect.
Likes received · 10/12/2026
- Let agents pause and ask before running a migration
Liked by Thijs Bakker
Yes. A deny-list per project in the rules file would be perfect.
Likes received · 10/12/2026