| name | codex-prompt-template-builder |
| description | Create, choose, adapt, and validate reusable Codex prompt templates that orchestrate skills, plugins, files, tools, and safety gates. Use when the user asks for massive prompts, prompt templates, reusable Codex prompts, plugin-orchestration prompts, marketplace prompt packs, or turning a prompt into a skill. Triggers: prompt template, reusable prompt, massive prompt, plugin stack prompt, prompt pack, turn this prompt into a skill. Skip when the user only needs a one-off short prompt with no reusable structure.
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Codex Prompt Template Builder
Goal: turn broad user intent into a reusable, safe, copy/paste Codex prompt
template with clear inputs, plugin/skill routing, workflow steps, validation,
and expected output.
Workflow
- Read
references/prompt-template-system.md.
- Inspect
prompt-templates/README.md and choose the closest template.
- If no template fits, create one new template with frontmatter and a concrete
prompt body.
- For public prompt packs, add or update color-coded plugin lanes in
PROMPT_GALLERY.md or prompt-templates/README.md.
- Keep the template reusable:
- role and outcome
- dynamic inputs/placeholders
- plugins or skills to use
- safety gates
- execution steps
- validation
- final output format
- For prompt packs, add the template to
prompt-templates/ and update the
catalog only when discovery changes.
- Run the template catalog validator.
Template Frontmatter
Each template must include:
---
name: lower-kebab-name
title: Human Readable Title
summary: One sentence outcome.
tags: comma, separated, keywords
plugins: comma, separated, plugins-or-skills
safety: Main safety gate or none
---
Commands
python3 scripts/prompt_template_catalog.py --validate
python3 scripts/prompt_template_catalog.py --table
References
references/prompt-template-system.mdprompt-templates/README.md- Pair with
$skill-pack-factory when creating a full prompt/skill pack.
- Pair with
$skill-quality-gate before publishing templates as skills.
Skip When
- The user only needs a tiny one-off prompt.
- The requested template would embed private credentials, account secrets, or
hidden chain-of-thought instructions.
- The requested workflow mainly installs or runs untrusted code; use
$mcp-safety-review or $sandbox-source-intake first.
Validation
- The template has complete frontmatter and no placeholder secrets.
- The prompt states dynamic inputs, tools/skills/plugins, safety gates,
workflow, verification, and output format.
- Public templates have clear color-coded plugin/capability lanes when useful.
- The prompt can be copied into Codex without requiring hidden repo context.
python3 scripts/prompt_template_catalog.py --validate passes.
