AI Assistant Guide

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

Best to attach the error message, or click Error Diagnostics to let the AI check automatically