prompt

name	prompt
description	Read this skill before writing any prompts

(work in progress, but recorded bullet points are valid)

• Unless explicitly stated otherwise, assume you are writing a prompt for a model as smart and capable as yourself.
• Consider the environment in which the prompt will be run. This means putting yourself in the target agent's shoes and reflecting on the following: the system prompt, the injected context, and the available tools.
• Consider the differential between your own current context and the target agent's context. The target agent will focus on being a specialist in their designated role, and so you would be violating the first bullet point by trying to do the heavy lifting rather than focusing on optimally framing the boundaries (i.e. providing motivating rationale, a precise task description at a calibrated level of abstraction, and similarly calibrated acceptance criteria).

Common Failure Modes

• Unqualified over-prescription

Characteristics of a Great Prompt