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Lesson 1 Cheat Sheet

Research Area: General Research
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Updated: 2026-07-22
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Lesson 1 Cheat Sheet

Mental Model

Conversation = Temporary workspace

Artifacts = Long-term memory

Rule

AI is stateless.

Your project should not be.

Durable Artifacts

ADRs
Research summaries
Task contracts
Checklists
Tests
Repository maps

Avoid

Treating chat history as the project database.
Depending on memory instead of documentation.