--- title: Writing Python Scripts With AI — What I Check Before Running description: A robotics engineer shares a practical workflow for using AI to write small Python scripts safely. The approach centers on four rules: keep each script to one... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-python-scripts-with-ai-what-i-check-before-running-k42qnjch5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Writing Python Scripts With AI — What I Check Before Running | daily.dev og:description: A robotics engineer shares a practical workflow for using AI to write small Python scripts safely. The approach centers on four rules: keep each script to one... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-python-scripts-with-ai-what-i-check-before-running-k42qnjch5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/k42QNjch5.png og:image:alt: Writing Python Scripts With AI — What I Check Before Running 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. # Writing Python Scripts With AI — What I Check Before Running **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A robotics engineer shares a practical workflow for using AI to write small Python scripts safely. The approach centers on four rules: keep each script to one job, always test on fake/messy data first, understand any unfamiliar code lines before trusting them, and read the full script before running it on real data. Common pitfalls in AI-generated Python are highlighted — hardcoded paths, destructive operations, broad exception blocks, and encoding issues. The post also covers a repeatable learning loop and which standard library modules (pathlib, csv, datetime, os, shutil) are most useful for personal automation tasks. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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