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by llm-cool-j 263 days ago
I find you can give it a task and the full context in your 1st message, and also include (a) asking what files are needed to understand and complete task, and (b) ask if there’s anything ambiguous about the task/question. Then, when you get the response, create a new chat with just the files it recommends, and the ambiguities explained in the 1st comment. Sometimes you need a couple of rounds of this.

The you will have a good starting point, with less chance of running out of space before solving the task.

If you can’t give it full context at the beginning, you can give it a tree listing of the files involved, and maybe a couple of READMEs (if there are any) and ask it see if it can work out what files are needed, giving it a couple of files at a time, at its suggestion.