Engineering AI Tools & Practices

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📊 Current Experiments

Track what the team is actively exploring

This Month's Focus

Status: Active Period: November 2024 Theme: Improving Code Review with AI

Experiment
Owner
Status
Initial Findings
Cursor Composer for PR review
Sarah
✅ In Progress
~40% faster reviews, catching more edge cases
Claude for security analysis
Mike
✅ In Progress
Good at spotting auth issues, needs better prompts
AI-powered PR descriptions
Emma
🎯 Starting Soon
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🛠️ Tool Guide

Cursor & Composer

Status: ⭐️ Team Standard Cost: Pro $20/month Users: @Sarah @Mike @Emma

Best For:

  • Complex refactoring
  • Understanding new codebases
  • Implementing APIs
  • Test generation

Tips:

  • Use "Include Directory" for better context
  • Great for working with types
  • Better than Copilot for large changes

Example Prompts:

"Analyze this codebase for authentication patterns and suggest improvements based on OWASP guidelines"

"Generate TypeScript interfaces for this API spec with full documentation"

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GitHub Copilot

Status: ⭐️ Team Standard Cost: $10/month Users: Whole team

Best For:

  • Quick completions
  • Repetitive code
  • Simple tests
  • Basic functions

Tips:

  • Clear function names = better suggestions
  • Tab through multiple options
  • Write good comments for context

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Claude

Status: ⭐️ Recommended Cost: Free tier Users: @Mike @Emma

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💡 Proven Patterns

Code Review Workflow

Status: ✅ Validated Tools Used: Cursor + Claude Time Saved: ~30% per review

  1. Initial Scan
    • Run Cursor analysis
    • Generate change summary
    • Check security patterns
  2. Detailed Review
    • [Specific steps...]

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Test Generation Flow

Status: ✅ Validated Tools Used: Cursor Composer Time Saved: ~50% per feature

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📝 Monthly Demos

Latest demos from the team

November Show & Tell

Date: Nov 8, 2024 Attendance: 8 team members

Highlights:

  1. Sarah: Cursor Composer for API Generation
    • Demo: Building full CRUD endpoints
    • Key Finding: 60% faster with type safety
    • [View Recording] [Get Prompts]
  2. Mike: Security Review Automation
    • Demo: Claude for auth review
    • Key Finding: Found 3 edge cases
    • [View Recording] [Get Prompts]

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📚 Resources

Prompt Library

Our tested and proven prompts

Code Review

Analyze this PR for:
1. Security issues
2. Performance impacts
3. Edge cases
4. API contract changes

[Full prompt...]

Architecture Review

Review this system design for:
1. Scalability concerns
2. Data consistency
3. Failure modes

[Full prompt...]

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Setup Guides

Quick start guides for the team

  1. Cursor Pro Setup
    • Installation steps
    • Team settings
    • Common issues
  2. Claude Best Practices
    • Account setup
    • Our proven prompts
    • Tips & tricks

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🔄 Updates Log

November Updates

  • Added Cursor Composer guide
  • Updated security review templates
  • New PR description workflow

October Updates

  • Added Claude prompt library
  • Updated test generation patterns
  • New team members onboarded

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📋 Meta

  • Last Updated: Nov 8, 2024
  • Maintainers: @Sarah @Mike
  • Next Review: Dec 1, 2024

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