Using AI to debug a Next.js project without creating chaos
A practical way to ask Edvin for debugging help that preserves context, narrows the issue, and avoids random refactors.
The short version
The best AI debugging prompt gives the symptom, expected behavior, recent change, error output, and files involved. Then ask for a narrow fix, not a redesign.
Set scope boundaries
Say what not to change. For example: fix the streaming bug, do not rewrite the chat UI, do not touch unrelated routes, and keep Supabase persistence intact.
This is not politeness. It is engineering hygiene. AI tools are more useful when the blast radius is explicit.
Ask for verification
A fix is not done until it is checked. Ask Edvin to run typecheck, lint, build, or the specific reproduction command.
If a test fails for unrelated reasons, the assistant should say that clearly instead of quietly changing old code.
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