https://incompetencenotwithstanding.com/tags/agents/Recent content in Agents on Incompetence NotwithstandingHugoen-usMon, 31 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +1000https://incompetencenotwithstanding.com/posts/unreasonable-effectiveness-of-reading-your-system-prompt/Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +1000https://incompetencenotwithstanding.com/posts/unreasonable-effectiveness-of-reading-your-system-prompt/A 10k-token system prompt is about 7,500 words, which is half an hour of reading. Nobody does it, and every time I have, I’ve come away with a cleaner prompt and a bump in evals.