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Scope

How much you bite off in one ask.

Atomic

One file · one change

Feature

A handful of files · clear contract

Project

Many files · multiple systems

Default to feature-level

Too big → agent drifts, output is hard to verify, failures compound.

Too small → death by a thousand prompts, context gets re-established each time.

Eat the elephant one bite at a time. But take bites, not crumbs.