Emphasize mandatory dogfooding/user testing for CLI changes#1760
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Add a "Generally Important Instruction" in AGENTS.md requiring dogfooding and user testing for any CLI command changes. Strengthen usethis-cli-modify skill (v1.2 → v1.3) with: - Bold mandatory labels on dogfooding/user testing procedure steps - New "Dogfooding and user testing are mandatory" section explaining why unit tests alone are insufficient - Split "Adding, removing, or renaming" into separate bullets for clearer discoverability when adding new commands Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/usethis-python/usethis-python/sessions/fd68fe02-245e-4df0-b122-5a5a38112d9d Co-authored-by: nathanjmcdougall <18602289+nathanjmcdougall@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Update agent config to emphasize dogfooding and testing
Emphasize mandatory dogfooding/user testing for CLI changes
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In #1756, an agent added a new tool without dogfooding or user testing. The existing
usethis-cli-modifyskill mentioned these steps but didn't emphasize them as non-negotiable, andAGENTS.mddidn't reference them at all in its top-level instructions.Changes
AGENTS.md: New "Generally Important Instruction" requiringusethis-cli-dogfoodandusethis-cli-user-testfor all CLI changes — puts the requirement where every agent sees itusethis-cli-modifyskill (v1.2 → v1.3):