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A Claude skill that writes the accurate prompts for any AI tool. Zero tokens or credits wasted. Full context and memory retention. No re-prompting your way to an answer you should have gotten on attempt one.
**Works with:** Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Grok, Gemini, o1/o3, MiniMax, Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Bolt, v0, Lovable, Devin, Perplexity, Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, Sora, Runway, ElevenLabs, Zapier, Make, and any AI tool you throw at it.
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## ๐ Installation
### RECOMMENDED - Claude.ai (browser)
1. Download this repo as a ZIP
2. Go to **claude.ai โ Sidebar โ Customize โ Skills โ Upload a Skill**
### OR Clone directly into Claude Code skills directory (Not Suggested)
```bash
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
git clone https://github.com/nidhinjs/prompt-master.git ~/.claude/skills/prompt-master
```
## ๐ฅ The Problem This Solves
Every AI user wastes credits the same way:
> Write vague prompt โ get wrong output โ re-prompt โ get closer โ re-prompt again โ finally get what you wanted on attempt 4
That's 3 wasted API calls. Multiply by 50 prompts a day. That's real money and real time gone.
### The key insight
> "The best prompt is not the longest. It's the one where every word is load-bearing."
Most "prompt generators" make prompts longer. This skill makes them sharper.
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## ๐ฏ Usage
In Claude, you can invoke the skill naturally:
```
Write me a prompt for Cursor to refactor my auth module
```
```
I need a prompt for Claude Code to build a REST API โ ask me what you need to know
```
```
Here's a bad prompt I wrote for GPT-4o, fix it: [paste prompt]
```
```
Generate a Midjourney prompt for a cyberpunk city at night
```
```
I have a reference image โ help me write a prompt to edit just the head angle
```
```
Break this prompt down and adapt it for Stable Diffusion
```
Or explicitly invoke it:
```
/prompt-master
I want to ask Claude Code to build a todo app with React and Supabase
```
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## How It Works
Prompt Master runs a structured pipeline on every request:
1. **Detects the target tool** โ figures out which AI system the prompt is for and routes silently to the right approach
2. **Extracts 9 dimensions of intent** โ task, input, output, constraints, context, audience, memory, success criteria, examples
3. **Asks targeted clarifying questions** โ max 3 questions if critical info is missing, never more
4. **Routes to the right framework** โ picks and applies the correct prompt architecture automatically, never shown to the user
5. **Applies safe techniques only** โ role assignment, few-shot examples, XML structure, grounding anchors, memory block as needed
6. **Checks model recency** โ verifies exact models and controls against official provider docs when the request depends on "latest"
7. **Runs a token efficiency audit** โ strips every word that doesn't change the output
8. **Delivers the prompt** โ one clean copyable block with a one-line strategy note
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## Full Example #1: Generating Prompts for Images
### User Input
```
Write me a midjourney prompt for a realistic samurai standing in the rain at night
```
### Generated Prompt
```
lone samurai standing in heavy rain at night, traditional armor,
neon reflections on wet cobblestone street, cinematic lighting,
dramatic shadows, fog, ultra detailed, photorealistic,
shallow depth of field --ar 16:9 --v 6 --style raw
negative: blurry, low quality, watermark, cartoon, anime, extra limbs
```
**๐ฏ Target:** Midjourney ยท **โก Framework:** Visual Descriptor ยท **๐ฐ Tokens:** Light (~60) ยท **๐ก Strategy:** Comma-separated descriptors over prose, lighting and mood anchored early, aspect ratio and version locked, negative prompt prevents style drift.
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## Full Example #2: Generating Prompts for Coding
### User Input
```
Build a claude code prompt for a landing page for a business
dashboard that looks and feels exactly like notion - smooth animations,
clean ui
```
### Generated Prompt
```
Objective:
Build a fully detailed, production-quality static landing page for a
business dashboard product. Design must match Notion's exact aesthetic โ
clean, minimal, typographic, with smooth animations throughout.
Stack:
Single HTML file with embedded CSS and vanilla JS. No frameworks.
No external dependencies except Google Fonts (Inter).
Design Spec โ match these exactly:
- Background: #ffffff
- Primary text: #1a1a1a
- Secondary text: #6b7280
- Border color: #e5e7eb
- Accent: #000000
- Font: Inter, weights 400 / 500 / 600 / 700
- Base spacing unit: 8px
- Border radius: 6px on cards, 4px on buttons
- Box shadows: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.08) only โ no dramatic shadows
- Buttons: black fill, white text, no border radius above 6px
Sections to build in order:
1. Navbar โ logo left, nav links center, "Get started free" CTA right.
Sticky on scroll, adds subtle border-bottom on scroll with JS.
2. Hero โ large left-aligned heading (max 3 lines), subtext, two CTAs
(primary black + secondary outlined), hero screenshot mockup
placeholder (gray rounded card, 16:9 ratio).
3. Logos bar โ "Trusted by teams at..." with 5 placeholder company names
in muted gray, centered.
4. Features โ 3-column grid. Each card: icon (use emoji), bold title,
2-line description. Hover state: border darkens to #d1d5db,
translateY(-2px), transition 200ms ease.
5. How it works โ alternating left/right layout, 3 steps. Number badge,
heading, description, placeholder screenshot card.
6. Pricing โ 2 tiers side by side. Free tier: outlined card. Pro tier:
black background, white text, "Most popular" badge. List 4 features
each with checkmarks.
7. CTA banner โ full-width dark section, centered heading, subtext,
single CTA button.
8. Footer โ 4-column links, copyright line, minimal.
Animations โ implement all of these:
- Fade-in + translateY(20px) to translateY(0) on scroll for every section,
using IntersectionObserver. Threshold 0.15. Duration 500ms ease-out.
- Staggered animation on feature cards: 100ms delay between each card.
- Navbar CTA button: background transitions from black to #333 on hover,
200ms ease.
- Hero CTA primary: same hover transition. Secondary: background goes from
transparent to #f3f4f6 on hover.
- Smooth scroll on all anchor links.
- Navbar border-bottom fades in on scroll past 60px using JS scroll event.
Constraints:
- Single file only โ all CSS and JS embedded, no external files
- No dependencies except Google Fonts via CDN link tag
- All placeholder images replaced with styled gray div elements
- Must be pixel-perfect at 375px mobile and 1440px desktop
- No CSS frameworks, no utility classes from external sources
Done When:
- All 8 sections render correctly at both breakpoints
- All animations trigger on scroll without layout shift
- Navbar sticks and border appears on scroll
- Hover states work on all interactive elements
- Opens in browser with zero console errors
```
**๐ฏ Target:** Claude Code ยท **๐ฐ Tokens:** Medium (~380) ยท **๐ก Strategy:** Every vague Notion aesthetic cue translated into exact hex values and pixel specs โ Claude Code cannot guess wrong. Animations defined with exact timing, method, and trigger so there is no interpretation needed.
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## ๐ค Works With Any AI Tool
Prompt Master includes specific profiles for 20+ tools. For anything not on the list, it uses a **Universal Fingerprint**: 4 questions that let it write a quality prompt for any AI system it has never seen before.
<details>
<summary><h3> Click to view all 30+ tool profiles </h3></summary>
| Tool | Category | What Prompt Master Fixes |
|------|----------|--------------------------|
| **Claude 5 / current Claude** | Reasoning and agentic LLM | Model-aware effort, scope, XML structure, and delegation control |
| **ChatGPT / OpenAI GPT models** | Reasoning and agentic LLM | GPT-6 Luna, GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT-5.6 compatibility; lean contracts and verified controls |
| **Codex** | Coding agent | File scope, approval boundaries, verification, bounded subagents |
| **Grok 4.6** | Reasoning and agentic LLM | Search grounding, reasoning effort, tools, caching, and stop conditions |
| **Gemini 2.x** | Reasoning LLM | Grounding anchors, citation rules, format locks |
| **o3 / o4-mini** | Thinking LLM | Short clean instructions only โ never adds CoT (they think internally) |
| **Ollama** | Local LLM | Asks which model is loaded, includes system prompt for Modelfile |
| **Qwen 2.5 / Qwen3** | Open-weight LLM | Chat template format, thinking vs non-thinking mode detection |
| **Local models (Llama, Mistral)** | Open-weight LLM | Shorter prompts, simpler structure, no complex nesting |
| **DeepSeek-R1** | Reasoning LLM | Short clean instructions, strips CoT, suppresses thinking output if needed |
| **MiniMax (M3 / M2.7)** | Reasoning LLM | Temperature clamping, thinking tag control, structured output optimization |
| **Claude Code** | Agentic AI | Stop conditions, file scope, checkpoint output |
| **Cursor / Windsurf** | IDE AI | File path, function name, do-not-touch list, sequential prompt guidance |
| **Cline (formerly Claude Dev)** | Agentic IDE | File scope, approval gates, stop conditions, task breakdown |
| **GitHub Copilot** | Autocomplete AI | Exact function contract as docstring |
| **Antigravity** | Agentic IDE | Task-based prompting, Artifact verification, autonomy level |
| **Bolt / v0 / Lovable** | Full-stack generator | Stack spec, version, what NOT to scaffold |
| **Figma Make** | Full-stack generator | Component name references, frame-to-code scope |
| **Google Stitch** | Full-stack generator | Interface goal over implementation, Material Design 3 spec |
| **Devin / SWE-agent** | Autonomous agent | Starting state, target state, stop conditions |
| **Manus** | Autonomous agent | Task outcome focus, permission scope, memory anchors |
| **OpenAI Computer Use** | Computer-use agent | Screen state, allowed apps, stop before irreversible actions |
| **Perplexity Computer** | Computer-use agent | Artifact-first prompting, scoped permissions, verification steps |
| **OpenClaw** | Computer-use agent | Conversational precision, persistent memory, security constraints |
| **Perplexity / SearchGPT** | Search AI | Mode spec: search vs analyze vs compare |
| **Midjourney** | Image AI | Comma-separated descriptors, parameters, negative prompts |
| **DALL-E 3** | Image AI | Prose description, text exclusion โ edit vs generate detection |
| **Stable Diffusion** | Image AI | Weight syntax `(word:1.3)`, CFG guidance, mandatory negative prompt |
| **SeeDream** | Image AI | Art style first, mood and atmosphere descriptors, negative prompt |
| **ComfyUI** | Image AI | Positive/negative node split, checkpoint-specific syntax |
| **Meshy / Tripo / Rodin** | 3D AI | Style + export format + polygon budget + rig requirements |
| **BlenderGPT** | 3D AI | Python script output, Blender version, scene context |
| **Unity AI** | 3D / Game AI | Game genre, platform target, mechanic description over code |
| **Sora / Runway** | Video AI | Camera movement, duration, cut style |
| **LTX / Dream Machine / Kling** | Video AI | Cinematic language, motion intensity, style reference |
| **ElevenLabs** | Voice AI | Emotion, pacing, emphasis, speech rate |
| **Zapier / Make / n8n** | Workflow automation | Trigger app + event, action app + field mapping |
</details>
---
## ๐ 14 Prompt Templates (Auto-Selected)
Prompt Master picks the right architecture for every task automatically and routes silently โ you never see the framework name, just the prompt.
<details>
<summary><h3> Click to view all 14 templates</h3></summary>
| Template | Best For |
|----------|----------|
| **RTF** (Role, Task, Format) | Fast one-shot tasks |
| **CO-STAR** (Context, Objective, Style, Tone, Audience, Response) | Professional documents, reports, business writing |
| **RISEN** (Role, Instructions, Steps, End Goal, Narrowing) | Complex multi-step projects |
| **CRISPE** (Capacity, Role, Insight, Statement, Personality, Experiment) | Creative work, brand voice, iterative content |
| **Auditable Reasoning** | Checkable math, logic, debugging, and analysis without hidden reasoning requests |
| **Few-Shot** | Consistent structured output, pattern replication |
| **File-Scope Template** | Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot โ any code editing AI |
| **ReAct + Stop Conditions** | Claude Code, Devin, AutoGPT โ any autonomous agent |
| **Visual Descriptor** | Midjourney, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, Sora โ generation |
| **Reference Image Editing** | Editing an existing image โ detects edit vs generate automatically |
| **ComfyUI** | Node-based image workflows โ positive/negative split per checkpoint |
| **Prompt Decompiler** | Breaking down, adapting, simplifying, or splitting existing prompts |
| **Current Claude Task Brief** | Complex, multi-step, or agentic tasks on current Claude models |
| **OpenAI Task Brief** | Complex tasks in ChatGPT, Codex, or the API; GPT-6 guidance alongside GPT-5.6 compatibility |
</details>
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## ๐ก๏ธ 5 Safe Techniques, Applied When Needed
Prompt Master only uses techniques with reliable, bounded effects. Methods known to produce hallucinations or unpredictable output (Tree of Thought, Graph of Thought, Universal Self-Consistency, prompt chaining) are explicitly excluded.
| Technique | What It Does |
|-----------|-------------|
| **Role Assignment** | Assigns a specific expert identity to calibrate depth and vocabulary |
| **Few-Shot Examples** | Adds 2-5 examples when format consistency matters more than instructions |
| **XML Structural Tags** | Wraps sections in XML for Claude-based tools that parse it reliably |
| **Grounding Anchors** | Adds anti-hallucination rules for factual and citation tasks |
| **Auditable Reasoning** | Requests conclusions, assumptions, evidence, and verification without hidden reasoning |
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## ๐ซ 37 Credit-Killing Patterns Detected (with Before/After Examples)
<details>
<summary><h3> Task Patterns (7)</h3></summary>
| # | Pattern | Before | After |
|---|---------|--------|-------|
| 1 | **Vague task verb** | "help me with my code" | "Refactor `getUserData()` to use async/await and handle null returns" |
| 2 | **Unrelated tasks in one prompt** | "fix login and write a sales email" | Split unrelated outcomes; combine related work with shared acceptance criteria |
| 3 | **No success criteria** | "make it better" | "Done when function passes existing unit tests and handles null input" |
| 4 | **Over-permissive agent** | "do whatever it takes" | Explicit allowed + forbidden actions list |
| 5 | **Emotional task description** | "it's totally broken, fix everything" | "Throws uncaught TypeError on line 43 when `user` is null" |
| 6 | **Build-the-whole-thing** | "build my entire app" | Break into Prompt 1 (scaffold), Prompt 2 (feature), Prompt 3 (polish) |
| 7 | **Implicit reference** | "now add the other thing we discussed" | Always restate the full task, never reference "the thing we discussed" |
</details>
<details>
<summary><h3> Context Patterns (6)</h3></summary>
### Context Patterns
| # | Pattern | Before | After |
|---|---------|--------|-------|
| 8 | **Assumed prior knowledge** | "continue where we left off" | Include Memory Block with all prior decisions |
| 9 | **No project context** | "write a cover letter" | "PM role at B2B fintech, 2yr SWE experience, shipped 3 features as tech lead" |
| 10 | **Forgotten stack** | New prompt contradicts prior tech choice | Always include Memory Block |
| 11 | **Hallucination invite** | "what do experts say about X?" | "Cite only sources you are certain of. If uncertain, say so." |
| 12 | **Undefined audience** | "write something for users" | "Non-technical B2B buyers, no coding knowledge, decision-maker level" |
| 13 | **No mention of prior failures** | (blank) | "I already tried X and it failed because Y. Do not suggest X." |
</details>
<details>
<summary><h3> Format Patterns (6)</h3></summary>
| # | Pattern | Before | After |
|---|---------|--------|-------|
| 14 | **Missing output format** | "explain this concept" | "3 bullet points, each under 20 words, one-sentence summary at top" |
| 15 | **Implicit length** | "write a summary" | "Write a summary in exactly 3 sentences" |
| 16 | **Missing domain perspective** | Specialized task without domain context | Add an expert role only when it changes the result |
| 17 | **Vague aesthetic adjectives** | "make it look professional" | "Monochrome palette, 16px base font, 24px line height, no decorative elements" |
| 18 | **No negative prompts (image AI)** | "a portrait of a woman" | Add: "no watermark, no blur, no extra fingers, no distortion, no text" |
| 19 | **Prose prompt for Midjourney** | Full descriptive sentence | "subject, style, mood, lighting, --ar 16:9 --v 6" |
</details>
<details>
<summary><h3> Scope Patterns (6)</h3></summary>
| # | Pattern | Before | After |
|---|---------|--------|-------|
| 20 | **No scope boundary** | "fix my app" | "Fix only login form validation in `src/auth.js`. Touch nothing else." |
| 21 | **No stack constraints** | "build a React component" | "React 18, TypeScript strict, no external libraries, Tailwind only" |
| 22 | **No stop condition for agents** | "build the whole feature" | Explicit stop conditions + meaningful milestones and verification evidence |
| 23 | **No file path for IDE AI** | "update the login function" | "Update `handleLogin()` in `src/pages/Login.tsx` only" |
| 24 | **Wrong template for tool** | GPT-style prose used in Cursor | Adapted to File-Scope Template with path + scope |
| 25 | **Pasting entire codebase** | Full repo context every prompt | Scoped to relevant function and file only |
</details>
<details>
<summary><h3> Reasoning Patterns (5)</h3></summary>
| # | Pattern | Before | After |
|---|---------|--------|-------|
| 26 | **No audit contract for logic task** | "which approach is better?" | Request the recommendation, assumptions, criteria, evidence, and checks |
| 27 | **Requesting hidden reasoning** | "show your chain of thought" | Ask for a concise rationale, evidence, and verification instead |
| 28 | **Expecting inter-session memory** | "you already know my project" | Re-provide the Memory Block in every new session |
| 29 | **Contradicting prior work** | New prompt ignores earlier architecture | Include established decisions in the Memory Block |
| 30 | **No grounding rule for factual tasks** | "summarize what experts say about X" | Require verifiable sources and explicit uncertainty |
</details>
<details>
<summary><h3> Agentic Patterns (7)</h3></summary>
| # | Pattern | Before | After |
|---|---------|--------|-------|
| 31 | **No starting state** | "build me a REST API" | "Empty Node.js project, Express installed, `src/app.js` exists" |
| 32 | **No target state** | "add authentication" | "`/src/middleware/auth.js` with JWT verify. `POST /login` and `POST /register` in `/src/routes/auth.js`" |
| 33 | **Silent agent** | No progress output | "Report meaningful milestones, blockers, and final verification results" |
| 34 | **Unlocked filesystem** | No file restrictions | "Only edit files inside `src/`. Do not touch `package.json`, `.env`, or any config file." |
| 35 | **No human review trigger** | Agent decides everything | "Stop and ask before: deleting any file, adding any dependency, or touching the database schema" |
| 36 | **Vague first turn for an agentic model** | "fix the auth bug" with no scope, files, or criteria | Front-load outcome, context, scope, boundaries, and acceptance criteria |
| 37 | **Context rot on long sessions** | Repeated corrections leave stale assumptions in context | Start fresh for unrelated work or compact around current decisions and state |
</details>
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## ๐ง Memory Block System
When your conversation has history, Prompt Master pulls out prior decisions and prepends a Memory Block so the AI never contradicts earlier work:
```
## Memory (Carry Forward from Previous Context)
- Stack: React 18 + TypeScript + Supabase
- Auth uses JWT stored in httpOnly cookies, not localStorage
- Component naming convention: PascalCase, no default exports
- Design system: Tailwind only, no custom CSS files
- Architecture: no Redux, context API only
```
This is the single biggest fix for long sessions. Most wasted re-prompts come from the AI forgetting what you already decided.
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## โน๏ธ Version History
- **1.8.0** โ Current-model refresh. Added Claude Fable 5, Opus 5, Sonnet 5, GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna, Codex, and Grok 4.6 routing. Replaced hidden chain-of-thought requests with auditable reasoning and generalized the Claude task brief for current adaptive-thinking models.
- **1.7.0** โ Opus 4.8 compatibility. Made Claude 4.x routing version-aware: durable advice generalized across 4.6/4.7/4.8, added Opus 4.8 (current default) profile, kept Opus 4.7 labeled. De-hardcoded the effort-level note (now harness-managed). Template M and pattern 36 cover 4.7 and 4.8. Fixed a stray fragment in patterns.md.
- **1.6.0** โ Opus 4.7 update. Added Template M (Opus 4.7 Task Brief). Updated Claude and Claude Code routing for literalism, adaptive thinking, xhigh effort, and session hygiene. Added patterns 36โ37.
- **1.5.0** โ Added more tool routing. New Agentic AI and 3D Model AI routing added. Fixed description to 189 chars. Removed token estimate from output. Added instruction layer and copywriting placeholders
- **1.4.0** โ Added reference image editing detection, ComfyUI support, Prompt Decompiler mode. Fixed trigger description to invoke correctly in Claude Code. 3 new templates added to references folder
- **1.3.0** โ Rebuilt around PAC2026 positional structure (30/55/15). Silent routing replaces user-facing framework selection. References folder introduced
- **1.2.0** โ Restructured for attention architecture. Removed fabrication-prone techniques (ToT, GoT, USC, prompt chaining). Templates and patterns moved to references folder
- **1.1.0** โ Expanded tool coverage, added memory block system, 35 credit killing patterns
- **1.0.0** โ Initial release
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## ๐ License
MIT: See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
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