Write PR specs first, then build in parallel with Cline

Three people built a config-driven game: detailed PR descriptions, Plan mode before Act, and a setup PR that locked shared types.

In short

What it does: Three people built a config-driven game: detailed PR descriptions, Plan mode before Act, and a setup PR that locked shared types.

Agent: Cline · Category: Coding

Steps in brief:

  1. Before any code, write each PR’s description: files touched, rules, edge cases, what tests should check.
  2. Land one setup PR that locks in the shared types.
  3. Each person takes their own PRs into Cline, starts in Plan mode to confirm the approach, then switches to Act.

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Who made it: /u/Few-Ad-5053 (Reddit, 23 Sep 2026) · source

Last updated · based on 336 use cases on agentsetups, each credited to its author.

by /u/Few-Ad-505323 Sep 2026

Prompt for your agent

Goal: Let several people build with agents at once without merge chaos.
Setup: agents used in source: Cline; tools/MCPs stated: Plan mode.
Steps:
1. Before any code, write each PR’s description: files touched, rules, edge cases, what tests should check.
2. Land one setup PR that locks in the shared types.
3. Each person takes their own PRs into Cline, starts in Plan mode to confirm the approach, then switches to Act.
4. Work in separate folders (engine, components, pages); connect everything in the last PR.
Rules: ask me before anything irreversible (sending, posting, paying, deleting); don’t invent data, results or tools I haven’t given you; tell me what you couldn’t verify.
Based on: /u/Few-Ad-5053 — https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wnrjs6/used_cline_to_build_a_configdriven_game_sandbox/

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Agents
Cline
Tools
  • Plan mode

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