Research-grounded 5-principle behavioral contract for production LLM coding agents — Think Before Coding, Simplicity First, Surgical Changes, Goal-Driven Execution, and Calibrated Communication. Each principle names its anti-patterns and failure modes with empirical backing (SWE-bench, FeatBench, DE
Research-grounded 5-principle behavioral contract for production LLM coding agents — Think Before Coding, Simplicity First, Surgical Changes, Goal-Driven Execution, and Calibrated Communication. Each principle names its anti-patterns and failure modes with empirical backing (SWE-bench, FeatBench, DELEGATE-52, SE literature). Apply when implementing features, fixing bugs, refactoring, or any coding