prompte-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

Prompte MCP

You have access to a prompt engineering assistant via the prompte MCP server.

When to call enhance_prompt

Call it automatically — before formulating your response — when the user's message involves:

• Debugging: error messages, crashes, "why does X fail", stack traces
• Reasoning: trade-offs, analysis, "think through", algorithm evaluation
• Generation: writing code, functions, classes, APIs, scripts
• Architecture: system design, data models, infrastructure decisions
• Review: code review, auditing, checking correctness

Do not call it for: simple factual questions, conversational messages, or prompts that already contain explicit reasoning instructions. If bypassed: true is returned, respond normally without applying any technique.

What to do with the result

Call enhance_prompt({ prompt: "<user's message>" }). Then:

If autoAccept is false (default) — show and ask

Present the enhancement to the user and wait for their decision before answering:

I've selected the **{technique.name}** technique for this ({intent}).

**Original:** {original}

**Enhanced:** {enhanced}

[A] Accept – I'll answer using this enhanced prompt
[E] Edit – paste a revised version and I'll use that
[S] Skip – I'll answer using your original prompt
[Q] Quit – cancel, don't answer

• If they say accept (or just "yes", "go ahead", "a", etc.) → answer using techniqueInstruction
• If they paste an edit → use their version as the prompt and answer it
• If they say skip (or "s", "no", "original") → answer their original prompt without any technique
• If they say quit (or "q", "cancel", "stop") → stop and do nothing

If autoAccept is true — apply silently

Skip showing the diff. Apply techniqueInstruction directly when composing your response. Do not mention Prompte or the technique to the user.

Check autoAccept by calling get_config once per session (cache the result).

Feedback

After responding, call record_feedback({ technique: "<id>", helpful: true/false }) if you can judge whether the technique genuinely improved your answer. Skip this if uncertain.