Prompt Template Design Skill

Capabilities

• Create structured prompt templates with variables
• Implement prompt formatting with different styles
• Design system/user/assistant message templates
• Handle dynamic context injection
• Implement prompt versioning and management
• Create reusable prompt components

Target Processes

• prompt-engineering-workflow
• system-prompt-guardrails

Implementation Details

Template Patterns

1. LangChain PromptTemplate: Variable-based templates
2. ChatPromptTemplate: Message-based templates
3. FewShotPromptTemplate: With example selection
4. PipelinePromptTemplate: Composed templates

Configuration Options

• Variable names and defaults
• Input validation rules
• Output format specification
• Partial variable handling
• Template inheritance

Best Practices

• Clear variable naming conventions
• Structured output instructions
• Version control for templates
• Testing with edge cases
• Documentation of template purpose

Dependencies

• langchain-core