prompt-lookup
f/awesome-chatgpt-prompts
Search and retrieve AI prompts from prompts.chat to discover templates and improve your prompts.
What is prompt-lookup?
This skill activates when users ask about AI prompts, need prompt templates, or want to search prompt libraries. Use it to discover, retrieve, and enhance prompts via the prompts.chat MCP server.
- Search for prompts by keyword, category, tag, or type (text, structured, image, video, audio)
- Retrieve specific prompts by ID with variable substitution support
- Improve and enhance existing prompts using AI
- Present prompt results with title, description, author, category, tags, and links
- Handle prompts with variables by prompting users to fill in required and optional values
How to install prompt-lookup
npx skills add https://github.com/f/awesome-chatgpt-prompts --skill prompt-lookupHow to use prompt-lookup
- 1.Describe what kind of prompt you need or ask to search for prompts
- 2.The skill will call search_prompts with your keywords and optional filters (category, tag, type)
- 3.Review the search results showing prompt titles, descriptions, authors, and links
- 4.Request a specific prompt by ID to retrieve it, or ask for improvements to a prompt
- 5.If the prompt has variables, fill in the required values when prompted
- 6.Use the retrieved or improved prompt in your AI workflow
Use cases
- Find a code review prompt template for your development workflow
- Search for writing prompts across different categories like fiction, business, or technical writing
- Retrieve and customize a specific prompt by ID for your use case
- Enhance an existing prompt to improve clarity, specificity, or output quality
- Discover prompts by browsing categories and tags relevant to your task
- Developers looking for coding and technical prompts
- Writers seeking writing and creative prompts
- Anyone building AI workflows who needs prompt templates
- Users wanting to improve or refine existing prompts
prompt-lookup FAQ
The system will prompt you to fill in values for variables marked as ${variable} or ${variable:default}. Variables without defaults are required; those with defaults are optional.
Yes. You can filter by type (TEXT, STRUCTURED, IMAGE, VIDEO, AUDIO) and by category slug (e.g., 'coding', 'writing') or tag slug.
It enhances a prompt using AI. You specify the output type (text, image, video, or sound) and format (text, structured_json, or structured_yaml), and it returns an enhanced version with explanations of what was improved.
Always search first. The skill will help you find existing prompts before suggesting you write your own.
You can request up to 50 results per search (default is 10).
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from f/awesome-chatgpt-prompts.
name: prompt-lookup description: Activates when the user asks about AI prompts, needs prompt templates, wants to search for prompts, or mentions prompts.chat. Use for discovering, retrieving, and improving prompts.
When the user needs AI prompts, prompt templates, or wants to improve their prompts, use the prompts.chat MCP server to help them.
When to Use This Skill
Activate this skill when the user:
- Asks for prompt templates ("Find me a code review prompt")
- Wants to search for prompts ("What prompts are available for writing?")
- Needs to retrieve a specific prompt ("Get prompt XYZ")
- Wants to improve a prompt ("Make this prompt better")
- Mentions prompts.chat or prompt libraries
Available Tools
Use these prompts.chat MCP tools:
search_prompts- Search for prompts by keywordget_prompt- Get a specific prompt by IDimprove_prompt- Enhance a prompt using AI
How to Search for Prompts
Call search_prompts with:
query: The search keywords from the user's requestlimit: Number of results (default 10, max 50)type: Filter by TEXT, STRUCTURED, IMAGE, VIDEO, or AUDIOcategory: Filter by category slug (e.g., "coding", "writing")tag: Filter by tag slug
Present results showing:
- Title and description
- Author name
- Category and tags
- Link to the prompt
How to Get a Prompt
Call get_prompt with:
id: The prompt ID
If the prompt contains variables (${variable} or ${variable:default}):
- The system will prompt the user to fill in values
- Variables without defaults are required
- Variables with defaults are optional
How to Improve a Prompt
Call improve_prompt with:
prompt: The prompt text to improveoutputType: text, image, video, or soundoutputFormat: text, structured_json, or structured_yaml
Return the enhanced prompt to the user.
Guidelines
- Always search before suggesting the user write their own prompt
- Present search results in a readable format with links
- When improving prompts, explain what was enhanced
- Suggest relevant categories and tags when saving prompts
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