# AI Coding Tip 023 - Shrink your AI's Pull Request

DevFeed: [AI Coding Tip 023 - Shrink your AI's Pull Request](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-coding-tip-023-shrink-your-ai-s-pull-request-18213.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://maximilianocontieri.com/ai-coding-tip-023-shrink-your-ai-s-pull-request>)

Author: Maxi Contieri

Published: 2026-06-06T16:06:11Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Maximiliano Contieri - Software Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/maximiliano-contieri-software-design.md>)

Topics: [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-coding.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Code review](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-review.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding.md>), [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

This developer tip recommends instructing AI coding agents to split feature work into small, reviewable pull requests, with each pull request limited in size and focused on one logical change. The approach is intended to improve reviewability, CI feedback, rollback, and merge-conflict management.

## Source excerpt

TL;DR: Tell your AI to split work into small reviewable pull requests before it writes any code. Common Mistake ❌ You ask your AI agent to build a feature. The agent opens a 2,000-line pull request t