Negative constraints in agent rules improve coding performance via context priming while positive directives degrade it, with collective rules remaining helpful up to 50 rules.
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Do Agent Rules Shape or Distort? Guardrails Beat Guidance in Coding Agents
Negative constraints in agent rules improve coding performance via context priming while positive directives degrade it, with collective rules remaining helpful up to 50 rules.