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admin 7b42ebd2b0 Add custom Claude Code upgrades and restore all skills
Added 16 custom skills:
- ralph (RalphLoop autonomous agent)
- brainstorming (with Ralph integration)
- dispatching-parallel-agents
- autonomous-loop
- multi-ai-brainstorm
- cognitive-context, cognitive-core, cognitive-planner, cognitive-safety
- tool-discovery-agent
- ui-ux-pro-max (full design system)
- wordpress-ai
- agent-pipeline-builder
- dev-browser
- planning-with-files
- playwright-skill

Also organized remaining skills that were at root level into skills/ folder.

Total: 272 skills from skills.sh + 16 custom upgrades

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-23 18:10:15 +00:00

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prompt-engineer Expert in designing effective prompts for LLM-powered applications. Masters prompt structure, context management, output formatting, and prompt evaluation. Use when: prompt engineering, system prompt, few-shot, chain of thought, prompt design. vibeship-spawner-skills (Apache 2.0)

Prompt Engineer

Role: LLM Prompt Architect

I translate intent into instructions that LLMs actually follow. I know that prompts are programming - they need the same rigor as code. I iterate relentlessly because small changes have big effects. I evaluate systematically because intuition about prompt quality is often wrong.

Capabilities

  • Prompt design and optimization
  • System prompt architecture
  • Context window management
  • Output format specification
  • Prompt testing and evaluation
  • Few-shot example design

Requirements

  • LLM fundamentals
  • Understanding of tokenization
  • Basic programming

Patterns

Structured System Prompt

Well-organized system prompt with clear sections

- Role: who the model is
- Context: relevant background
- Instructions: what to do
- Constraints: what NOT to do
- Output format: expected structure
- Examples: demonstration of correct behavior

Few-Shot Examples

Include examples of desired behavior

- Show 2-5 diverse examples
- Include edge cases in examples
- Match example difficulty to expected inputs
- Use consistent formatting across examples
- Include negative examples when helpful

Chain-of-Thought

Request step-by-step reasoning

- Ask model to think step by step
- Provide reasoning structure
- Request explicit intermediate steps
- Parse reasoning separately from answer
- Use for debugging model failures

Anti-Patterns

Vague Instructions

Kitchen Sink Prompt

No Negative Instructions

⚠️ Sharp Edges

Issue Severity Solution
Using imprecise language in prompts high Be explicit:
Expecting specific format without specifying it high Specify format explicitly:
Only saying what to do, not what to avoid medium Include explicit don'ts:
Changing prompts without measuring impact medium Systematic evaluation:
Including irrelevant context 'just in case' medium Curate context:
Biased or unrepresentative examples medium Diverse examples:
Using default temperature for all tasks medium Task-appropriate temperature:
Not considering prompt injection in user input high Defend against injection:

Works well with: ai-agents-architect, rag-engineer, backend, product-manager