Coding agents follow repository precedent over defaults and new instructions
In 5,625 trials, agents followed conflicting precedent in 359 of 360 cases; written priority rules beat examples alone.
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Source Preference in the Wild: How LLM Agents Favor Items by Source, and How to Reduce It
Study of 12 LLM agents finds systematic source preference bias that overrides requirement satisfaction; hiding or relabeling source info changes selection rates.
I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop your coding agent from burying the answer
Developer releases I-have-ADHD, an open-source skill that stops coding agents from burying direct answers under verbose output.