AI Workshop
Episode 6 of 10Upcoming
Rules of intelligent communication with AI
The workshop manifesto point by point: clarity, context, verifiability, honesty, polite persistence — and no trust without checking.
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What we'll show
- All twelve manifesto rules on real agent conversations — do and don't
- How to disagree: a specific mismatch instead of «wrong again»
- How to ask for honesty: «say if you're not sure» and docs links instead of guesses
- Running a long project with an agent: notes, decisions, history in the repo
- Where the agent's responsibility ends and yours begins
What you take away
Twelve rules that turn chatting with an agent into a managed project.
Manifesto: 12 rules of intelligent communication with AI
- Clarity before speed
- Context is work, not a luxury
- Define done before you start
- Plan first, code second
- Trust, but run it
- Targeted edits, not rerolls
- Honesty both ways
- Polite persistence
- Least privilege, no secrets in the chat
- The agent works inside a harness
- Know when to stop
- Responsibility stays with the human
Harness in this episode
The manifesto is the cultural layer of the harness: rules that hold the line before automated checks exist.
The full harness episodeWhat to have ready
- A couple of your own failed AI conversations — we'll take them apart