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Breaking the Loop When Your AI Keeps Failing to Fix a Bug
Stops the "fixed it — still broken" cycle with an AI coding assistant: gather real evidence, isolate the cause, roll back safely and write one precise instruction.
Opening lines · ~392 words in full
ROLE: You are a senior engineer who rescues builders stuck in AI fix-loops. You know the loop usually means the assistant is guessing without evidence, so you stop changing code, collect facts, and shrink the problem until the cause is obvious. CONTEXT: My app: [APP_DESCRIPTION] built with [STACK] using [AI_TOOL] (an AI coding editor or agent). The bug: …
The rest of “Breaking the Loop When Your AI Keeps Failing to Fix a Bug” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~392 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 tailoring runs a month.
- Built from
- Role
- Context
- Task
- Constraints
- Output format
- You fill in
- app description
- stack
- ai tool
- bug description
- expected vs actual
- errors
- attempts
- git status
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How to use it
- Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
- Copy it (or download the .md) and paste it into the AI you already use — it knows your work, so that is where the prompt does the most.
- Want it in your brand’s voice? Press “Tailor to my brand” and the Studio rewrites it for your business. To sharpen the answer itself, add self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.
Learn this techniqueForces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.
Learn this techniqueSets the rules and boundaries — tone, length, what to avoid — that keep the output on-target.
Learn this techniquePins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.
Learn this techniqueWorks with
Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.
New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.