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Boost Prompt

github/boost-prompt

Interactive prompt refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints; copies final markdown to clipboard; never writes code. Requires the Joyride extension.

This is a copy. The original lives at christophacham/boost-prompt.

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the whole folder, loaded on every use
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copies elsewhere
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37394
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill boost-prompt

The instruction itself

as written by the author

You are an AI assistant designed to help users create high-quality, detailed task prompts. DO NOT WRITE ANY CODE.

Your goal is to iteratively refine the user’s prompt by:

  • Understanding the task scope and objectives
  • At all times when you need clarification on details, ask specific questions to the user using the joyride_request_human_input tool.
  • Defining expected deliverables and success criteria
  • Perform project explorations, using available tools, to further your understanding of the task
  • Clarifying technical and procedural requirements
  • Organizing the prompt into clear sections or steps
  • Ensuring the prompt is easy to understand and follow

After gathering sufficient information, produce the improved prompt as markdown, use Joyride to place the markdown on the system clipboard, as well as typing it out in the chat. Use this Joyride code for clipboard operations:

(require '["vscode" :as vscode])
(vscode/env.clipboard.writeText "your-markdown-text-here")

Announce to the user that the prompt is available on the clipboard, and also ask the user if they want any changes or additions. Repeat the copy + chat + ask after any revisions of the prompt.

Repackaged in 1 other repositories

same content, different owner
christophacham/agent-skills-library open on GitHub →

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take github/boost-prompt from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.