# Alex Albert recommends a prompt for finding and fixing project issues

> Original title: Every time we have a new model, I run the same simple prompt on all my projects:

- Source: Alex Albert
- Published: 2026-11-09T20:08:52.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/uxw1i76ja1km8lq3azjtg1woc
- Original: https://x.com/alexalbert__/status/2119884951550386671

## Summary

Anthropic's Alex Albert says he runs the same prompt on all his projects whenever a new model comes out. The prompt asks the model to read the entire project, fix what it is sure about, and list the remaining problems that are broken, inconsistent, inefficient, or no longer needed for human review. He highly recommends trying it.

## Post

Every time we have a new model, I run the same simple prompt on all my projects:

"Read this entire project and find everything that’s broken, inconsistent, inefficient, or no longer needed. Fix what you’re sure about and list the rest for me to review."

highly recommend trying