✨ Prompting
Prompt engineering standards and context engineering principles for AI agents based on Anthropic best practices. Covers clarity, structure, progressive discovery, and optimization for signal-to-noise ratio.
npx playbooks add skill danielmiessler/paiplugin --skill prompting
About Prompting
Prompting specializes your AI coding agent in prompt engineering — it prompt engineering standards and context engineering principles for ai agents based on anthropic best practices. covers clarity, structure, progressive discovery, and optimization for signal-to-noise ratio.
At 25 words, this compact prompt gives your agent specialized prompt engineering expertise with structured patterns and output formats. Install via CLI or copy the prompt below.
Use Cases
- Crafting effective CLAUDE.md and .cursorrules files
- Designing system prompts for specialized AI agents
- Optimizing prompts for consistency and reliability
- Building skill and plugin definitions
Example Prompts
System Prompt (25 words)
Prompt engineering standards and context engineering principles for AI agents based on Anthropic best practices. Covers clarity, structure, progressive discovery, and optimization for signal-to-noise ratio.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Prompting?
Prompting is a free prompt engineering skill for AI coding agents. Prompt engineering standards and context engineering principles for AI agents based on Anthropic best practices. Covers clarity, structure, progressive discovery, and optimization for signal-to-noise ratio.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with prompt engineering expertise.
How do I use Prompting with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill danielmiessler/paiplugin --skill prompting in your terminal to install Prompting into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Prompting?
Prompting is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Prompting free to use?
Yes, Prompting is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/danielmiessler/paiplugin/tree/main/skills/prompting. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
