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Prompt Architect

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ckelsoe·vlatest·ai-ml·MIT

The Prompt Architect skill crafts optimized prompts for LLMs, boosting response quality and streamlining your AI interactions.

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    Run this in your project

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    $ npx skills add ckelsoe/prompt-architect --skill prompt-architect -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

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About this skill

What it does

The ckelsoe-prompt-architect skill helps you craft more effective prompts for AI agents. It refines and restructures your initial prompt to improve clarity, specificity, and overall performance of the agent's response. This includes adding context, defining roles, and structuring output formats.

When to use it

  • You’re getting generic or unhelpful responses from an AI agent despite clear instructions.
  • You need to ensure a consistent format for the AI agent's output (e.g., JSON, Markdown table).
  • You want to improve the quality of creative writing generated by an AI agent.
  • You are struggling to get the AI agent to adopt a specific persona or role in its responses.

Key capabilities

  • Refines initial prompts for improved clarity and specificity.
  • Adds context to guide the AI agent's response.
  • Defines roles for the AI agent to assume.
  • Structures output formats (e.g., JSON, Markdown).

Example prompts

  • "Improve this prompt: 'Write a short story about a cat.'"
  • "Refine this prompt and have the AI act as a marketing expert: 'Suggest some social media posts for a new coffee shop.'"
  • "Restructure this prompt to output a JSON object: 'Summarize this article.'"

Tips & gotchas

The skill works best with relatively short, initial prompts. Very complex or lengthy prompts might benefit from more manual refinement.