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Structured prompt template creation with variables, formatting, and version control

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$ npx -y skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill prompt-template-design --agent claude-code

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How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/prompt-template-design

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Structured prompt template creation with variables, formatting, and version control

SKILL.md

prompt-template-design.SKILL.md
name: prompt-template-design
description: Structured prompt template creation with variables, formatting, and version control
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash
  - Glob
  - Grep
graph:
  domains: [domain:software-engineering]
  specializations: [specialization:ai-agents-conversational]
  skillAreas: [skill-area:prompt-engineering, skill-area:prompt-instruction-tuning-agents]
  roles: [role:ml-engineer, role:backend-engineer]
  workflows: [workflow:ml-model-lifecycle, workflow:feature-development]

Prompt Template Design Skill

Capabilities

  • Create structured prompt templates with variables
  • Implement prompt formatting with different styles
  • Design system/user/assistant message templates
  • Handle dynamic context injection
  • Implement prompt versioning and management
  • Create reusable prompt components

Target Processes

  • prompt-engineering-workflow
  • system-prompt-guardrails

Implementation Details

Template Patterns

1. **LangChain PromptTemplate**: Variable-based templates 2. **ChatPromptTemplate**: Message-based templates 3. **FewShotPromptTemplate**: With example selection 4. **PipelinePromptTemplate**: Composed templates

Configuration Options

  • Variable names and defaults
  • Input validation rules
  • Output format specification
  • Partial variable handling
  • Template inheritance

Best Practices

  • Clear variable naming conventions
  • Structured output instructions
  • Version control for templates
  • Testing with edge cases
  • Documentation of template purpose

Dependencies

  • langchain-core
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