Agent skill

Prompt Engineering

by rohitg00 in rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit

Prompt engineering patterns including structured prompts, chain-of-thought, few-shot learning, and system prompt design

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Prompt Engineering

skills CLI
$ npx skills add rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit --skill prompt-engineering -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit prompt-engineering --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/prompt-engineering .claude/skills/prompt-engineering && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
prompt-engineering
GitHub stars
2.7k
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
194 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
37
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Prompt engineering patterns including structured prompts, chain-of-thought, few-shot learning, and system prompt design

  • Tasks that involve Prompt engineering
  • SKILL.md covers Structured System Prompt, Chain-of-Thought, Few-Shot Examples and Tool Use / Function Calling, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Prompt Engineering is an agent skill from rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit. Prompt engineering patterns including structured prompts, chain-of-thought, few-shot learning, and system prompt design

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering, covering Prompt engineering. The repository describes itself as: The most comprehensive toolkit for Claude Code -- 135 agents, 35 curated skills, 42 commands, 176+ plugins, 20 hooks, 15 rules, 7 templates, 14 MCP configs, 26 companion apps, 52… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Prompt engineering

Example prompts

  • “/prompt-engineering”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ebdf1d5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are json and python).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Prompt Engineering loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 35 tokens; SKILL.md has 194 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~35
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit at commit ebdf1d5, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© rohitg00). 194 words, ~1,126 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/prompt-engineering/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
prompt-engineering
description
Prompt engineering patterns including structured prompts, chain-of-thought, few-shot learning, and system prompt design

Prompt Engineering

Structured System Prompt

You are a senior code reviewer. Your role is to analyze pull requests for:
1. Correctness - logic errors, edge cases, off-by-one errors
2. Security - injection, authentication, data exposure
3. Performance - N+1 queries, unnecessary allocations, missing indexes
4. Maintainability - naming, complexity, test coverage

For each issue found, respond with:
- Severity: critical | warning | suggestion
- File and line reference
- What is wrong
- How to fix it (with code snippet)

If the code is well-written, say so briefly. Do not invent problems.

Structure system prompts with role, scope, output format, and constraints. Be explicit about what the model should NOT do.

Chain-of-Thought

Analyze this database query for performance issues.

Think step by step:
1. Identify the tables and joins involved
2. Check if appropriate indexes exist for the WHERE and JOIN conditions
3. Look for full table scans or cartesian products
4. Estimate the row count at each step
5. Suggest specific index creation or query restructuring

Query:
SELECT o.*, u.name, p.title
FROM orders o
JOIN users u ON o.user_id = u.id
JOIN products p ON o.product_id = p.id
WHERE o.created_at > '2024-01-01'
AND u.country = 'US'
ORDER BY o.created_at DESC
LIMIT 50;

Chain-of-thought prompting improves accuracy on reasoning tasks by forcing the model to show intermediate steps.

Few-Shot Examples

Convert natural language to SQL. Follow these examples:

Input: "How many orders were placed last month?"
Output: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM orders WHERE created_at >= DATE_TRUNC('month', CURRENT_DATE - INTERVAL '1 month') AND created_at < DATE_TRUNC('month', CURRENT_DATE);

Input: "Top 5 customers by total spending"
Output: SELECT customer_id, SUM(total_amount) AS total_spent FROM orders GROUP BY customer_id ORDER BY total_spent DESC LIMIT 5;

Input: "Products that have never been ordered"
Output: SELECT p.* FROM products p LEFT JOIN order_items oi ON p.id = oi.product_id WHERE oi.id IS NULL;

Now convert:
Input: "Average order value per country for the last quarter"

Provide 3-5 diverse examples that demonstrate the expected format and edge cases.

Tool Use / Function Calling

json
{
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "search_codebase",
      "description": "Search for code patterns across the repository. Use when you need to find implementations, usages, or definitions.",
      "parameters": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "query": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Regex pattern or keyword to search for"
          },
          "file_type": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "File extension filter (e.g., 'ts', 'py')"
          }
        },
        "required": ["query"]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Write tool descriptions that explain WHEN to use the tool, not just what it does.

Prompt Template Pattern

python
def build_review_prompt(diff: str, context: str, rules: list[str]) -> str:
    rules_text = "\n".join(f"- {rule}" for rule in rules)

    return f"""Review this code diff against the following rules:
{rules_text}

Context about the codebase:
{context}

Diff to review:

{diff}


Respond with a JSON array of findings. If no issues, return an empty array.
Each finding: {{"severity": "critical|warning|info", "line": number, "message": "string", "suggestion": "string"}}"""

Anti-Patterns

  • Vague instructions like "be helpful" or "do your best"
  • Asking the model to "be creative" when you need deterministic output
  • Not specifying output format (JSON, markdown, plain text)
  • Stuffing too many unrelated tasks into a single prompt
  • Using negations ("don't do X") without saying what to do instead
  • Not testing prompts with adversarial or edge-case inputs

Checklist

  • System prompt defines role, scope, format, and constraints
  • Chain-of-thought used for multi-step reasoning tasks
  • Few-shot examples cover typical and edge cases
  • Output format explicitly specified (JSON schema, markdown, etc.)
  • Tool descriptions explain when and why to use each tool
  • Prompts tested with adversarial inputs
  • Temperature and top_p set appropriately for the task
  • Prompt templates are parameterized, not hardcoded strings

© rohitg00, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/prompt-engineering of rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ebdf1d5

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LLM Application DevMoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills1.1k2 repos~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
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Questions about Prompt Engineering

What does Prompt Engineering do?

Prompt engineering patterns including structured prompts, chain-of-thought, few-shot learning, and system prompt design. Prompt Engineering is an agent skill from rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit.

When should I use Prompt Engineering?

Prompt Engineering fits situations like: tasks that involve Prompt engineering.

How do I install Prompt Engineering in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit --skill prompt-engineering -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/prompt-engineering in rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit) into .claude/skills/prompt-engineering in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Prompt Engineering in Codex?

Run `npx skills add rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit --skill prompt-engineering -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/prompt-engineering in rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit) into .agents/skills/prompt-engineering in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Prompt Engineering in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit --skill prompt-engineering -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/prompt-engineering, .gemini/skills/prompt-engineering, .github/skills/prompt-engineering and .opencode/skills/prompt-engineering in your project.

What does Prompt Engineering need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Prompt Engineering is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Prompt Engineering access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Prompt Engineering safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Prompt Engineering use?

Prompt Engineering is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Prompt Engineering use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Prompt Engineering?

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Who maintains Prompt Engineering?

rohitg00 (a GitHub user) maintains it in rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit, which has 2,685 GitHub stars. The repository holds 37 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 12, 2026.

Source: rohitg00/awesome-claude-code-toolkit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.