prompt-lookup
f/prompts.chat
Search, retrieve, and improve AI prompts from prompts.chat library.
What is prompt-lookup?
Activates when users ask about AI prompts, need templates, or want to search prompts.chat. Use this skill to discover prompt templates, retrieve specific prompts by ID, and enhance existing prompts with AI assistance.
- Search prompts by keyword, type, category, or tag
- Retrieve specific prompts by ID with variable substitution support
- Improve and enhance prompts using AI
- Filter results by output type (text, structured, image, video, audio)
- Present results with title, description, author, category, and direct links
How to install prompt-lookup
npx skills add https://github.com/f/prompts.chat --skill prompt-lookupHow to use prompt-lookup
- 1.Call search_prompts with your keywords and optional filters (type, category, tag)
- 2.Review the results showing title, description, author, and category
- 3.Use get_prompt with a prompt ID to retrieve the full prompt
- 4.If the prompt has variables, fill in required values and optional defaults
- 5.Call improve_prompt with your prompt text and desired output type to enhance it
Use cases
- Find a code review prompt template for your project
- Search for writing prompts across different categories
- Retrieve and customize a specific prompt by its ID
- Enhance an existing prompt to be more effective
- Discover prompts by browsing categories like coding or writing
- Prompt engineers and AI practitioners
- Content creators seeking writing templates
- Developers looking for code-related prompts
- Anyone building AI workflows with custom prompts
prompt-lookup FAQ
The system will prompt you to fill in values for variables marked as ${variable} or ${variable:default}. Variables without defaults are required; those with defaults are optional.
Yes, you can filter by type (TEXT, STRUCTURED, IMAGE, VIDEO, AUDIO), category slug (e.g., 'coding', 'writing'), or tag slug.
You can improve prompts for text, image, video, or sound output, and specify the format as text, structured_json, or structured_yaml.
The default is 10 results, with a maximum of 50 results per search.
No prerequisites are required. The skill connects directly to the prompts.chat MCP server.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from f/prompts.chat.
name: prompt-lookup description: Activates when the user asks about AI prompts, needs prompt templates, wants to search for prompts, or mentions prompts.chat. Use for discovering, retrieving, and improving prompts.
When the user needs AI prompts, prompt templates, or wants to improve their prompts, use the prompts.chat MCP server to help them.
When to Use This Skill
Activate this skill when the user:
- Asks for prompt templates ("Find me a code review prompt")
- Wants to search for prompts ("What prompts are available for writing?")
- Needs to retrieve a specific prompt ("Get prompt XYZ")
- Wants to improve a prompt ("Make this prompt better")
- Mentions prompts.chat or prompt libraries
Available Tools
Use these prompts.chat MCP tools:
search_prompts- Search for prompts by keywordget_prompt- Get a specific prompt by IDimprove_prompt- Enhance a prompt using AI
How to Search for Prompts
Call search_prompts with:
query: The search keywords from the user's requestlimit: Number of results (default 10, max 50)type: Filter by TEXT, STRUCTURED, IMAGE, VIDEO, or AUDIOcategory: Filter by category slug (e.g., "coding", "writing")tag: Filter by tag slug
Present results showing:
- Title and description
- Author name
- Category and tags
- Link to the prompt
How to Get a Prompt
Call get_prompt with:
id: The prompt ID
If the prompt contains variables (${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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