RPI

[ ahr-pee-AHY ]noun

Research, Plan, Implement: the AI reads the code and writes a plan first, and is not allowed to change anything until you say go.

Explanation

Credited to Dex Horthy. The whole discipline is refusing to let it start typing during the reading part, which it will always want to do.

Related words

• spec-driven development — Writing the plan down properly first and treating it as the real thing, with the code as something generated from it and checked against it.
• chain of thought — An AI working through the steps out loud before it gives you an answer.

Prompts that deal with it

• Plan Before It Types — Read, then suggest, then stop