arXiv: Mise en Place for Agentic Coding — Three-Phase Preparation Methodology Defines 'Context Fluency' as the Emerging Developer Skill for Agent-Era Engineering

arXiv·medium signal

LinearB researcher Andrew Zigler's paper (arXiv 2605.05400, May 6) proposes a culinary-inspired methodology: (1) contextual grounding — externalize domain expertise into structured docs, (2) collaborative specification — human-agent dialogue producing design artifacts, (3) task decomposition — convert specs into dependency-aware task records. Two hours of mise en place preparation at a competitive hackathon enabled parallel agent implementation of a full-stack platform. The paper introduces 'context fluency' as a measurable developer skill, connecting to Anthropic's finding that CLAUDE.md adoption correlates with 40% fewer bad agent sessions.