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The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/base-instructions-the-secret-to-cloud-security-cheap-tokens-shorts-j1thvvi96 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/J1tHvvi96.png og:image:alt: Base Instructions: The Secret to Cloud Security & Cheap Tokens #Shorts og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Base Instructions: The Secret to Cloud Security & Cheap Tokens #Shorts **[We Are .NET](https://daily.dev/sources/wearedotnet)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short clip discussing the use of base instructions (system prompts) in AI-assisted cloud development to enforce security requirements consistently. The speaker advocates embedding security requirements as a base instruction in a cloud markdown file (~8K input tokens) rather than relying on ad-hoc skills, ensuring security is always considered when writing or tweaking code, at minimal token cost. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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