Core Principles for AI-Agent Collaboration (Agentic Development Principles)

"AI is the copilot; you are the pilot." AI agents amplify a developer's thinking and take over repetitive work, but final decisions and responsibility always remain with the developer.

When to use this skill

• Confirm the baseline principles at the start of an AI-agent session
• Decide an approach before starting complex work
• Establish a context-management strategy
• Review workflows to improve productivity
• Onboard teammates on how to use AI agents

Do not use this skill when

• The user needs day-to-day tooling tactics, shortcuts, session choreography, or Git/MCP habits; route to agent-workflow
• The user needs instruction-file, hooks, permissions, plugin, or team-sharing setup; route to agent-configuration
• The user needs a platform-specific implementation recipe instead of cross-platform collaboration principles