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prompt-lookup skill

by f·f/prompts.chat·177k stars

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.

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Install the prompt-lookup skill

A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description. 

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/f/prompts.chat.git /tmp/prompts.chat
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/prompts.chat/plugins/claude/prompts.chat/skills/prompt-lookup ~/.claude/skills/prompt-lookup
available in every project

In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub

The instructions your agent would load

SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub

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 keyword
  • get_prompt - Get a specific prompt by ID
  • improve_prompt - Enhance a prompt using AI

How to Search for Prompts

Call search_prompts with:

  • query: The search keywords from the user's request
  • limit: Number of results (default 10, max 50)
  • type: Filter by TEXT, STRUCTURED, IMAGE, VIDEO, or AUDIO
  • category: 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 improve
  • outputType: text, image, video, or sound
  • outputFormat: text, structuredjson, or structuredyaml

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

More skills from f/prompts.chat

  • Abook-translationTranslate "The Interactive Book of Prompting" chapters and UI strings to a new language
  • Askill-lookupSearch, retrieve, and install Agent Skills from the prompts.chat registry using MCP tools. Use when the user asks to find skills, browse skill catalogs, install a skill for Claude, or extend Claude's capabilities with reusable AI agent components.
  • Awidget-generatorGenerate customizable widget plugins for the prompts.chat feed system

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