In my experience, it’s just easier to build it as you go. Every time the bot stumbles, make sure it’s a teachable moment and the lesson is learned. Every once in a while, do some house cleaning.

Trying to start with these preset banks of instructions just never seems like it works out in the long run. It’s also unsettling catching it behaving in an odd way, and realizing that it was taking a cue from instructions you never wrote, but imported from elsewhere. Like playing a game of pretend with someone else’s rules.