{"slug": "the-best-engineers-stopped-writing-prompts-the-4-layers-that-replaced-prompt", "title": "The Best Engineers Stopped Writing Prompts: The 4 Layers That Replaced Prompt Engineering", "summary": "Boris Cherny, the builder of Claude Code, stated in June 2026 that he no longer writes prompts for Claude, instead using loops that have replaced prompt engineering. This shift highlights a new paradigm where engineers move beyond manual prompting to automated, layered systems.", "body_md": "Boris Cherny built Claude Code. In June 2026 he said the quiet part out loud: “I don’t prompt Claude anymore. I have loops running that…\nContinue reading on Towards AI »", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-best-engineers-stopped-writing-prompts-the-4-layers-that-replaced-prompt", "canonical_source": "https://pub.towardsai.net/the-best-engineers-stopped-writing-prompts-the-4-layers-that-replaced-prompt-engineering-2999a71f6346?source=rss----98111c9905da---4", "published_at": "2026-06-22 03:57:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-22 04:14:11.025078+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-agents", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Boris Cherny", "Claude Code", "Claude"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-best-engineers-stopped-writing-prompts-the-4-layers-that-replaced-prompt", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-best-engineers-stopped-writing-prompts-the-4-layers-that-replaced-prompt.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-best-engineers-stopped-writing-prompts-the-4-layers-that-replaced-prompt.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-best-engineers-stopped-writing-prompts-the-4-layers-that-replaced-prompt.jsonld"}}