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Three files that turn AI coding agents from interns into production-ready devs
AI coding tools like Lovable and Cursor excel at prototyping but fail to carry engineering decisions to production due to lack of context. The solution is three simple files—CLAUDE.md, .cursorrules, and AGENTS.md—that agents read automatically to enforce conventions. Writing these files once bridges the gap between sandbox and production, making agents reliable for real codebases.
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The fix is refreshingly low-tech—plain markdown files—but highlights how far AI tools still are from understanding project context without explicit hand-holding.
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