Week 2 Assignment

Deliverable: a small feature added to an existing project — without breaking anything.

Use a project from your main track, a classmate's repo (with their permission), or a small open-source project.

Map first. Have the agent give you an overview; verify the parts you'll touch.
Branch. Create a feature branch before any change.
Boundaries. Write the task with explicit limits (folders the agent may touch; "stop and ask" for anything shared). If the project has no CLAUDE.md, draft one from the conventions the agent extracts — and correct it yourself.
Plan, then build. Get a plan in plan mode, adjust it, approve, implement in small steps, reading each diff.
Push the branch and open a pull request. In the PR description: what the feature does, what the agent did vs. what you changed by hand, and one thing you rejected or corrected during review.

📸 Screenshot needed (for the materials): an example finished PR — branch, small diff, honest description. Students should see the target.

You are done with Week 2 when

[ ] Your feature lives in a branch, in its own files, with nothing shared modified (or shared changes reviewed line by line).
[ ] You used plan mode at least once and adjusted a plan before approving.
[ ] Every diff in your PR is one you can explain.
[ ] Your PR description honestly separates the agent's work from yours.

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