Common Issues and Fixes

Learn common prompting failure patterns to avoid wasting time and tokens.

Common Prompting Failure Patterns

BadHelp me improve my paper

GoodPolish the introduction in chapter 2 of @main.tex to make it more academic

No file or scope specified — the AI doesn't know what to edit

BadAdd a figure

GoodIn the experiments section of @main.tex, add \includegraphics referencing figures/result.png, set width to 0.8\textwidth, and add the caption 'Experiment comparison'

Need to specify image path, location, size, and caption

BadCompilation error

GoodAnalyze and fix the compile error in @main.tex. Error: Undefined control sequence \bm

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