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variant: detail
kind: claims
slug: prompt-is-spec-is-implementation
url: /claims/prompt-is-spec-is-implementation
title: >-
  In an agent-based system, the prompt simultaneously serves as the
  specification and the implementation.
source_path: content/claims/prompt-is-spec-is-implementation.md
frontmatter:
  claim: >-
    In an agent-based system, the prompt simultaneously serves as the
    specification and the implementation.
  confidence: 0.75
  evidence: []
  opposing: []
  derived_from:
    - thoughts/agents-enable-radical-simplicity
  last_reviewed: '2026-05-10'
  status: active
  supersedes: []
  superseded_by: []
  tags: []
links:
  derived_from:
    - status: resolved
      ref: thoughts/agents-enable-radical-simplicity
      kind: thoughts
      slug: agents-enable-radical-simplicity
      title: Agents enable radical simplicity
      url: /thoughts/agents-enable-radical-simplicity
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  source_url: >-
    https://github.com/flaming-codes/thinkinglabs/blob/main/content/claims/prompt-is-spec-is-implementation.md
  summary: >-
    In an agent-based system, the prompt simultaneously serves as the
    specification and the implementation.
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