Antigravity Best Practices

Maximize your productivity with optimization tips, cost management strategies, team collaboration patterns, and solutions to common pitfalls.

Optimization Tips

Follow these guidelines to get the best performance and quality from your Antigravity workflows:

1. Start Simple, Then Iterate

Begin with a minimal workflow that accomplishes the core task, then add complexity incrementally. This makes debugging easier and ensures each step works before adding the next.

2. Use Specific Prompts

The quality of AI-generated output depends heavily on the clarity of your prompts. Vague instructions produce inconsistent results.

# Bad: Vague prompt
prompt: "Write about AI"

# Good: Specific prompt with constraints
prompt: |
  "Write a 1000-word article about the impact of AI
  on healthcare diagnostics. Target audience: hospital
  administrators. Tone: professional but accessible.
  Include 3 real-world examples and a conclusion with
  actionable recommendations."

3. Leverage Parallel Execution

When workflow steps are independent of each other, run them in parallel to dramatically reduce total execution time.

4. Cache Intermediate Results

Enable caching for expensive operations like web research or image generation. This avoids re-running costly steps when iterating on downstream tasks.

5. Choose the Right Model for Each Step

Not every step needs the most powerful model. Use lighter models for simple tasks to save cost and time:

Managing Complex Workflows

As your workflows grow in complexity, follow these organizational practices:

• Modular Design: Break large workflows into smaller, reusable sub-workflows. This improves maintainability and enables reuse across projects.
• Naming Conventions: Use clear, descriptive names for workflows, steps, and variables. Future you will thank present you.
• Documentation: Add comments and descriptions to every workflow step explaining its purpose and expected inputs/outputs.
• Version Control: Use Antigravity's built-in versioning to track changes. Tag stable versions before making major modifications.
• Testing: Create test inputs that exercise edge cases and run them before deploying workflow changes to production.

Cost Management

AI-powered workflows consume resources. Here's how to keep costs under control:

1. Set Budget Limits

   Configure per-workflow and per-project spending limits in your workspace settings to prevent runaway costs.

2. Monitor Usage Dashboards

   Review the usage dashboard regularly to identify which workflows and steps consume the most resources.

3. Use Scheduling Wisely

   Run scheduled workflows during off-peak hours when possible, and avoid unnecessary frequency (e.g., daily when weekly suffices).

4. Optimize Token Usage

   Trim unnecessary context from prompts, use concise instructions, and limit output lengths to what you actually need.

Team Collaboration

When working with a team on Antigravity workflows, establish these practices:

• Shared Template Library: Create a team-approved set of workflow templates that enforce best practices and naming conventions.
• Review Process: Implement a review process for new workflows before they're used in production, similar to code reviews.
• Access Control: Use role-based permissions to ensure team members have appropriate access levels.
• Knowledge Sharing: Document successful workflows and share learnings through team wikis or Antigravity's built-in comments.

Common Pitfalls

Avoid these frequently encountered mistakes:

Frequently Asked Questions