Best Practices¶

Workflow patterns, prompting habits, and governance principles for working with AI tools day-to-day.

In this section¶

• SDLC Framework — how AI fits into the software development lifecycle.
• Security First — secrets, prompt injection, supply chain, code review.
• Avoid AI Slop — keeping AI output sharp, not generic.
• Prompt Engineering — structure, constraints, examples.
• Token Optimization — cost and context efficiency.
• Orchestration — chaining models, tools, and workflows.
• AI Agents — agent patterns, when to use, when not to.