AI Prompts for Developers: Think Like a Principal Engineer

AI copilots helping a software engineer design, debug, and scale systems.

Developers often struggle to get actionable results from AI coding assistants. This guide provides 7 detailed prompts, designed at the Principal Engineer level, that walk AI step by step through code review, debugging, testing, architecture, and productionization. Copy, paste, and adapt these prompts to ship scalable, secure, production-ready software with AI support.