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Bolt keeps adding features I did not ask for

Solved · 63 views · asked 5 days ago by tomvibes · edited

I ask for a date filter and get a date filter plus a dark mode toggle plus a rewritten header. Every prompt grows the app in directions I do not want.

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Wrote "ONLY do X" in caps. Helps for one prompt, then it drifts again.

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leo_prompts5 days ago · edited

Bolt fills silence with initiative. Give it a boundary it can check itself against:

Change only components/Filter.tsx. Do not touch any other file. If you think another file needs a change, list it and stop.

The "list it and stop" is the important part: it gives the model something to do with its ideas other than implementing them. Keep a SCOPE.md with what the app is not, and reference it.

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