# Agents break nearby features on small edits

Prompts to start with when a codebase shows this problem.

- [Status hidden in a pile of flags](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/status-hidden-in-a-pile-of-flags): Finds features whose real status is spread across a pile of yes/no flags, so combinations that should be impossible can happen.
- [Meaning drift across the stack](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/meaning-drift-across-the-stack): Shows where one word (a task, a fund, a run) means slightly different things in different parts of the app.
- [Rules the data never enforces](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/rules-the-data-never-enforces): Finds the rules everyone assumes (one owner per task, no negative balance) that nothing actually checks.
- [Out-of-date agent instructions](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/out-of-date-agent-instructions): Finds instructions that send agents to files and patterns that no longer exist.

Source: https://atlasscope.dev/fix/agents-break-nearby-features-on-small-edits