Natural-language requests vs. long structured prompts: what actually improves performance?

Thank you, that was very helpful. To be honest, I had felt that files like AGENTS.md were probably not something I should touch casually, but I didn’t really know what they were. After reading your explanation, I asked GPT several questions about it, and I’m now starting to understand persistent project guidance as something like a constitution or house rules for the repository. That helped me understand the difference between a one-time handoff note and guidance that should remain in the project. Thank you.