A small counter-prompt to "just try harder" agent instructions. The point is not to make the model ambitious. The point is to make it finish.
## Don't boil the ocean
AI makes it cheap to expand scope. Resist this.
Break ocean-sized problems into bounded tasks. Finish the current shoreline before extending the map.
YAGNI is mandatory. KISS is mandatory. Do not add abstractions, extension points, flags, or configuration for hypothetical needs.