prompt-authoring
Create or improve Agent Deck/Pi prompt templates for reusable parent-session workflows.
Profile →npx skills add a-streetcoder/agent-deck --skill prompt-authoring --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Prompt authoring Use this skill when the user wants a reusable slash prompt, workflow shortcut, or global/imported prompt template for parent Pi Agent sessions. ## Runtime facts - Prompt templates are Markdown files that expand when the user types `/name` in a parent Pi session. - The filename is the invocation name: `review-staged.md` becomes `/review-staged`. - Prompt templates are user-message macros, not system prompts and not skills. - Agent Deck scans prompt templates into a catalog. - Agent Deck parent sessions launch with `--no-prompt-templates` and pass only assigned templates with explicit `--prompt-template <path>` flags. - Native subagents do not receive prompt templates. ## Locations Create reusable catalog prompts in Agent Deck's prompt library unless the user asks to keep an existing file elsewhere and import it by reference through Agent Deck’s `+` flow: ```text ~/.pi/agent/prompt-library/<name>.md ``` Agent Deck no longer discovers project-local `.pi/prompts` or project settings `prompts`/package prompt sources as catalog resources. Global/default and project availability are Agent Deck assignments. Do not rely on ambient Pi prompt discovery. Import is by referen
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What does the prompt-authoring skill do?
Create or improve Agent Deck/Pi prompt templates for reusable parent-session workflows.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add a-streetcoder/agent-deck --skill prompt-authoring --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From a-streetcoder/agent-deck, a repository with 88 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.