benchmark string | date timestamp[s] | hypothesis string | method dict | aggregate dict | per_probe_type_totals dict | pairs list | scored_runs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AED vs conventional Crystal — small-model comprehension | 2026-07-07T00:00:00 | AED-style Crystal ('reads like statements', per the premium template's aed-conventions skill) lets smaller models reason about and understand code intent better than conventional compressed style. | {
"pairs": 10,
"probes_per_variant": 3,
"probe_types": [
"intent",
"modification",
"defect"
],
"probe_descriptions": {
"intent": "Explain what the code does and why (business intent, not line-by-line).",
"modification": "Describe how to make a specified behavior change correctly.",
"de... | {
"aed_total": 60,
"conventional_total": 54,
"max_per_variant": 60
} | {
"aed": {
"intent": 20,
"modification": 20,
"defect": 20
},
"conventional": {
"intent": 18,
"modification": 20,
"defect": 16
},
"max_per_cell": 20
} | [
{
"id": "p1-auth-mfa-routing",
"topic": "auth/session logic — post-password MFA routing and pending-challenge TTL",
"aed_source": "module Auth\n # Routes a user who has just passed the password check. The password is only\n # the FIRST factor: an MFA-enrolled regular user must verify a second factor\n... | [
{
"pair": "p1-auth-mfa-routing",
"variant": "aed",
"scores_by_probe": {
"intent": 2,
"modification": 2,
"defect": 2
},
"pair_total": 6
},
{
"pair": "p1-auth-mfa-routing",
"variant": "conventional",
"scores_by_probe": {
"intent": 2,
"modification": 2,... |
AED Conventions — Agent-Enhanced Development
Version v1.1.0-rc.1 — release candidate.
Code conventions for codebases written, reviewed, and maintained by humans and coding agents together. The guiding rule:
Prefer the form that reads like a plain statement of intent. Reach for shorthand only when it makes the intent clearer, never just shorter.
This dataset is a mirror. The canonical source is https://github.com/AgentC-Consulting/aed-conventions, and if the two ever disagree, the repository wins. Maintained by AgentC Consulting.
What's here
Chapters 01–04, 07 and quick_reference.md are the author's original notes
(written 2024-06-03; 03_process_managers.md revised 2025-11-24), published
verbatim — including his own work-in-progress markers and one section still
marked TBD. Chapters 05–06 and the evidence are later work.
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
dist/aed-v1.1.0-rc.1.md |
Everything, in one file, in reading order — start here |
01_why_models_need_this.md |
Token windows: why naming carries so much weight for a model |
02_naming_conventions.md |
list_of_ naming, boolean-as-question naming, attributes as short statements |
03_process_managers.md |
The "when" grammar for business processes |
04_feature_stories.md |
Personas, operations, authorization levels |
CONVENTIONS.md |
Chapter 05 — six edit-level style rules with before/after Crystal |
06_control_flow.md |
CF-1…CF-11 — case, loops, guards, rescues, fibers, macros |
07_how_the_workflow_runs.md |
Plan in batches, let the agent run, walk away |
quick_reference.md |
The cheat sheet |
examples/ |
Runnable before/after Crystal files |
evidence/ |
Small-model comprehension benchmark + raw per-probe data |
llms.txt |
Machine-readable map, ordered to match the reading order |
Evidence, with its limits
evidence/haiku_comprehension_report.md reports AED-style Crystal scoring
60/60 against 54/60 for conventional compressed style, on 10 snippet
pairs blind-answered by Claude Haiku and blind-graded.
Read the stated limits before citing it: n=10 pairs, one small model, a single run with no variance estimate, a model grader rather than a human one, and the snippet pairs were authored by the same party that authored the conventions. It is a directional signal consistent with the hypothesis, not proof of it.
Status
This is a release candidate. Two things are unsettled: the CF-1…CF-11
thresholds (open questions are listed at the end of that chapter), and one
naming example in CONVENTIONS.md that conflicts with 02_naming_conventions.md
— chapter 02 is the authority where they disagree.
Versioning
v1.x is this foundation being established. The v1.1.0 expansion is large,
but size is not what moves the major number: everything in it belongs to the
same frontier foundation v1.0.0 started — filled in, not replaced. The final
tag on this work will be v1.1.0.
v2.0.0 is reserved for the next generation of improvements — thinking that
supersedes this foundation rather than completing it. Read a major bump here as
a genuine change of generation, not merely a big release.
Citation
See CITATION.cff. In short:
Tucker, Seth, and AgentC Consulting. AED Conventions — Agent-Enhanced Development: Code That Reads Like Statements, v1.1.0-rc.1, 2026. https://github.com/AgentC-Consulting/aed-conventions
License
Dual-licensed, matching the canonical repository:
- Prose and documentation — CC BY 4.0. Reuse and adapt freely, with credit to AgentC Consulting.
- Code under
examples/— MIT. Take it freely, with or without credit.
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