A Pragmatic Beginner's Guide to Introducing AI to Your Engineering Workflow

A practical guide for engineers wanting to integrate AI tools while maintaining code quality. The author, a first technical hire at a healthtech startup, shares a step-by-step approach: start with plan/execute skills, add repo context via CLAUDE.md, and build custom skills. The core principle is that expert human attention is the scarce resource; AI should offload non-critical work.