AI-Assisted Development Cheat Sheet

This content was generated with the assistance of AI and should be verified against the official documentation of each tool and framework before being relied on in production.

This section’s bibliography lists the reference material consulted while preparing these pages.

A single-page index of quick back-links to every page in this sub-section, grouped the same way as the sub-section itself — handy for jumping straight to the topic you need instead of paging through the full navigation.

The downloadable PDF is a separate, single A4 page meant for printing. It states the version baseline this sub-section targets — VS Code 1.139 with the GitHub Copilot Chat extension (the single extension that now ships every Copilot feature in VS Code), GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.88 (@github/copilot) and Claude Code 2.1.283, all re-verified as current on 2026-09-28 — and covers:

  • the GitHub Copilot and Claude Code keyboard shortcuts and commands, side by side;

  • the plan → implement → verify loop;

  • the prompt template for a code task;

  • the context-management commands;

  • the model-selection table per task;

  • the background-agent task checklist;

  • the review checklist for AI-generated diffs;

  • the security checklist;

  • the golden rules.

Basics — The AI Coding Tool Landscape, Getting Started with GitHub Copilot, Getting Started with Claude Code and Prompting Coding Assistants.

Intermediate — Agent Mode, Plan-First Workflows, Managing Context, Choosing Models in Your Assistant, Testing & Debugging with AI and Refactoring & Documentation.

Advanced — Cloud & Background Agents, Parallel Sessions & Worktrees, Headless & CI Automation, Reviewing AI-Generated Code, Securing AI-Assisted Development, Team Practices & Adoption and Prototyping with AI.

Download the AI-Assisted Development Cheat Sheet (PDF)

References

The PDF summarizes these official pages; each is cited in full on the page listed above that covers it, and in AI-Assisted Development’s bibliography.