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Ship it path Unstick the AI

When the AI goes in circles

Write a summary that lets you start a fresh chat without losing any feature.

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Example brief

After many rounds of fixes the AI keeps undoing its own work. The way out is a fresh chat that starts from a clear summary of the app.

An example. Use your own idea next.

Steps

  1. Use the starting project: list every feature it has, and what must not change.
  2. Write a summary a stranger could rebuild the app from.
  3. Generate, then check every feature survived the rebuild.

What you will learn

Context
Everything the AI can see in a chat. A long chat of failed attempts can mislead it more than it helps.
Fresh start
A new chat that begins with a short, accurate summary instead of the whole history.

A sample prompt

This is a household task list app. It has an add form with one text box, a list of tasks, a Done button and a Delete button on every task, and a counter that says how many tasks are left. It must keep all of these and the same two starting tasks.

Write yours first, then compare.

To complete it

Pass all 9 checks and 3 behaviour tests on one version, then accept. You start from a working project and change it.

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Last reviewed 2026-11-05 · version 1