[syndeo]

You seem to be getting downvoted, but I have to agree. I put it in my rules to ask me for confirmation before going down alternate paths like this, that it's critically important to not "give up" and undo its changes without first making a case to me about why it thinks it ought to do so.

So far, at least, that seems to help.

[stingraycharles]

Yeah I don’t understand why, it seems like people think that “everything should be in the model”, which is just not true. Tuning the system prompt and user prompts to your needs is absolutely required before you’ll have a great time with these tools.

Just take a look at zen-mcp to see what you can achieve with proper prompting and workflow management.

[philipwhiuk]

Because companies are claiming this stuff is intelligent

[stingraycharles]

Intelligence is one thing, context is the other. Prompts provide context and instructions and are tailored towards your needs.