Ai First Engineering
If you're running a team where Claude or other AI agents are generating significant chunks of your implementation, this codifies the operating model shift you need to make. It's opinionated about what matters now: planning quality over typing speed, eval coverage over vibes, architecture with explicit boundaries instead of implicit conventions. The review and hiring sections are especially practical, focusing on behavior regressions and decomposition skills rather than style nitpicking. Honestly feels like someone wrote down what they learned the hard way after six months of high-velocity AI-assisted shipping. Worth reading even if you cherry-pick which parts to adopt.
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$ npx -y skills add affaan-m/everything-claude-code --skill ai-first-engineering --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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AI-First Engineering
Use this skill when designing process, reviews, and architecture for teams shipping with AI-assisted code generation.
Process Shifts
- Planning quality matters more than typing speed.
- Eval coverage matters more than anecdotal confidence.
- Review focus shifts from syntax to system behavior.
Architecture Requirements
Prefer architectures that are agent-friendly:
- explicit boundaries
- stable contracts
- typed interfaces
- deterministic tests
Avoid implicit behavior spread across hidden conventions.
Code Review in AI-First Teams
Review for:
- behavior regressions
- security assumptions
- data integrity
- failure handling
- rollout safety
Minimize time spent on style issues already covered by automation.
Hiring and Evaluation Signals
Strong AI-first engineers:
- decompose ambiguous work cleanly
- define measurable acceptance criteria
- produce high-signal prompts and evals
- enforce risk controls under delivery pressure
Testing Standard
Raise testing bar for generated code:
- required regression coverage for touched domains
- explicit edge-case assertions
- integration checks for interface boundaries
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