Coding Agent Task Briefing Template

# Task briefing ## Goal {{one_sentence_goal}} ## Context the agent needs - Codebase: {{repo_and_area_description}} - Why now: {{motivation}} - Related prior art in this repo: {{similar_existing_code}} ## Requirements {{requirements_list}} ## Explicitly out of scope {{non_goals}} ## Constraints - Follow existing patterns in: {{reference_files}} - Do not touch: {{forbidden_areas}} - Dependencies: adding new ones is {{allowed_or_forbidden}} ## Definition of done — ALL must hold 1. {{acceptance_criterion_1}} 2. {{acceptance_criterion_2}} 3. All existing tests pass: `{{test_command}}` 4. Linter clean: `{{lint_command}}` 5. New behavior covered by tests that fail without the change ## Verification Run these and include output in your summary: ``` {{verification_commands}} ``` ## Report back - What changed and why (per file) - Assumptions made - Anything discovered that should become a follow-up task Work through this in order: read the referenced files first, then propose your plan in 5 lines or less, then implement.