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Prompt library format

The Prompts/ folder is a library, not a junk drawer. Every prompt file follows the same four-part shape so both you and your AI can find and reuse them.

The four-part shape

Each prompt file contains, in order:

  • When to use — one sentence naming the trigger situation.
  • Inputs — which workspace folders/files the prompt expects to reference.
  • The prompt — the reusable text itself, with {placeholders} for the variable parts.
  • Good output looks like — two or three lines describing the target, so quality is checkable.

Adding your own

Copy an existing file, keep the four headings, and name it verb-first: draft-investor-update.md, review-pull-request.md. Verb-first names read like a menu of actions — which is exactly how your AI treats the folder.

Let the library maintain itself

When a one-off prompt works well in a session, don't lose it:

TRY THIS PROMPT
That worked. Save it into Prompts/ following this workspace's prompt format, named for when I'd reach for it again.
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