# Thinking prompts

Short lines you add to any task to change how the agent works: try to prove itself wrong, keep things simple, check its work, hand off cleanly.

- [Deeper, not bigger](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/deeper-not-bigger)
- [Prove it wrong](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/prove-it-wrong)
- [Root cause first](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/root-cause-first)
- [Simpler first](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/simpler-first)
- [Let the expert decide](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/let-the-expert-decide)
- [Check it independently](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/check-it-independently)
- [Spec without the interview](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/spec-without-the-interview)
- [Reproduce, measure, prove](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/reproduce-measure-prove)
- [Compare three options](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/compare-three-options)
- [Handoff note before you stop](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/handoff-note-before-you-stop)
- [Thorough and bold](https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/thorough-and-bold)

Source: https://atlasscope.dev/prompts/thinking-prompts