What is Reference File?
A file, URL, or code block you paste into a prompt so the AI has real context to work from instead of guessing.
copied from the original · not memory
A reference file gives the AI...
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Attach a reference file: here is my current Button component. Refactor it to use shadcn and keep the same API surface.
In the illustration
The original is clamped in view and the copy is made against it, not from memory.
Attach the schema as a reference file in your model and generate the migration from it instead of from memory.
Try it now
The fastest way to learn a word is to use it. Open this line in the agent you already work in and watch what it does. Change the tool to the one you use.
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01Practice
Make it stick
One term a day, a short quiz, and sentence practice that checks your own words.
02Verify
Prove you know it
Pass the quiz and keep it in a Skills Wallet you can share with anyone who needs proof.
03Career
Find the work that uses it
See which roles lean on this vocabulary, and what they pay in year one.
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