Commit progress so a model switch can't undo it
Hours into a hard bug, about 90% fixed, the session switched models. With no git commits along the way, most of the work was lost.
Losing project context
Keep one short project brief in the repo that every AI tool reads, enforce rules with tools, and commit working steps.
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Enforce rules with tools, not just prompts
An agent kept adding commit trailers it had been told not to add, even in the same turn.
Keep one project brief every AI tool can read
Rotating between Codex, Claude Code and Cursor to dodge limits meant repeating the same project explanation in each one.