AI coding agents are getting better, but the annoying part has not disappeared.

You still paste the same project details. You still explain the same folder structure. You still remind the agent which framework version you use, where the issue came from, and what “done” means in your repo.

That is not a model problem. That is a context problem.

The next useful shift for developers is simple: stop trying to make one giant perfect prompt. Build a small context system around the agent.

Give the agent the things a real teammate would ask for before touching code: