AI Coding Tools - lesson 5 | HackIndia Skills

AI Coding Tools - lesson 5 | HackIndia Skills | HackIndia

Example

Bad and better prompt

A weak prompt lets the assistant guess. A better prompt forces it to check your real project and admit uncertainty.

Bad:
Add Google login using the auth library.

Better:
Open package.json and the auth files in this repo first.
Tell me which auth package and version we use.
Then suggest the smallest Google login change using only APIs that exist in that package.
If you are not sure an API exists, say so and tell me how to verify it.

Example

Review note example

Add short notes like this in your README or verification notes. Keep it honest and specific.

AI-assisted API review notes

Feature: UPI payment status screen
AI suggestion checked: use client.payments.getStatus(paymentId)
Verification:
- Checked package.json for payment SDK package and version.
- Searched official SDK docs for getStatus.
- Could not confirm that exact method.
- Replaced with the documented status endpoint used by our installed SDK.
- Added a manual test note: created a test payment ID and confirmed pending, success, and failed states render correctly.

Decision: Did not accept the invented method.

Catch Invented APIs

One rule

What gets invented

Verify before using

Bad and better prompt

Version mismatch

Use tests as proof

Review note example

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