reprompter

What this skill does

# RePrompter v7.0

> **Your prompt sucks. Let's fix that.** Single prompts or full agent teams — one skill, two modes.

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## Two Modes

| Mode | Trigger | What happens |
|------|---------|-------------|
| **Single** | "reprompt this", "clean up this prompt" | Interview → structured prompt → score |
| **Repromptception** | "reprompter teams", "repromptception", "run with quality", "smart run", "smart agents" | Plan team → reprompt each agent → tmux Agent Teams → evaluate → retry |

Auto-detection: if task mentions 2+ systems, "audit", or "parallel" → ask: "This looks like a multi-agent task. Want to use Repromptception mode?"

Definition — **2+ systems** means at least two distinct technical domains that can be worked independently. Examples: frontend + backend, API + database, mobile app + backend, infrastructure + application code, security audit + cost audit.

## Don't Use When

- User wants a simple direct answer (no prompt generation needed)
- User wants casual chat/conversation
- Task is immediate execution-only with no reprompting step
- Scope does not involve prompt design, structure, or orchestration

> Clarification: RePrompter **does** support code-related tasks (feature, bugfix, API, refactor) by generating better prompts. It does **not** directly apply code changes in Single mode. Direct code execution belongs to coding-agent unless Repromptception execution mode is explicitly requested.

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## Mode 1: Single Prompt

### Process

1. **Receive raw input**
2. **Input guard** — if input is empty, a single word with no verb, or clearly not a task → ask the user to describe what they want to accomplish
   - Reject examples: "hi", "thanks", "lol", "what's up", "good morning", random emoji-only input
   - Accept examples: "fix login bug", "write API tests", "improve this prompt"
3. **Quick Mode gate** — under 20 words, single action, no complexity indicators → generate immediately
4. **Smart Interview** — use `AskUserQuestion` with clickable options (2-5 questions max)
5. **Generate + Score** — apply template, show before/after quality metrics

### ⚠️ MUST GENERATE AFTER INTERVIEW

After interview completes, IMMEDIATELY:
1. Select template based on task type
2. Generate the full polished prompt
3. Show quality score (before/after table)
4. Ask if user wants to execute or copy

```
❌ WRONG: Ask interview questions → stop
✅ RIGHT: Ask interview questions → generate prompt → show score → offer to execute
```

### Interview Questions

Ask via `AskUserQuestion`. **Max 5 questions total.**

**Standard questions** (priority order — drop lower ones if task-specific questions are needed):
1. Task type: Build Feature / Fix Bug / Refactor / Write Tests / API Work / UI / Security / Docs / Content / Research / Multi-Agent
   - If user selects **Multi-Agent** while currently in **Single mode**, immediately transition to **Repromptception Phase 1 (Team Plan)** and confirm team execution mode (Parallel vs Sequential).
2. Execution mode: Single Agent / Team (Parallel) / Team (Sequential) / Let RePrompter decide
3. Motivation: User-facing / Internal tooling / Bug fix / Exploration / Skip *(drop first if space needed)*
4. Output format: XML Tags / Markdown / Plain Text / JSON *(drop first if space needed)*

**Task-specific questions** (MANDATORY for compound prompts — replace lower-priority standard questions):
- Extract keywords from prompt → generate relevant follow-up options
- Example: prompt mentions "telegram" → ask about alert type, interactivity, delivery
- **Vague prompt fallback:** if input has no extractable keywords (e.g., "make it better"), ask open-ended: "What are you working on?" and "What's the goal?" before proceeding

### Auto-Detect Complexity

| Signal | Suggested mode |
|--------|---------------|
| 2+ distinct systems (e.g., frontend + backend, API + DB, mobile + backend) | Team (Parallel) |
| Pipeline (fetch → transform → deploy) | Team (Sequential) |
| Single file/component | Single Agent |
| "audit", "review", "analyze" across areas | Team (Parallel) |

### Quick Mode

Enable when ALL true:
- < 20 words (excluding code blocks)
- Exactly 1 action verb from: add, fix, remove, rename, move, delete, update, create, implement, write, change, configure, test, run
- Single target (one file, component, or identifier)
- No conjunctions (and, or, plus, also)
- No vague modifiers (better, improved, some, maybe, kind of)

**Force interview if ANY present:** compound tasks ("and", "plus"), state management ("track", "sync"), vague modifiers ("better", "improved"), integration work ("connect", "combine", "sync"), broad scope nouns after any action verb, ambiguous pronouns ("it", "this", "that" without clear referent).

### Task Types & Templates

Detect task type from input. Each type has a dedicated template in `docs/references/`:

| Type | Template | Use when |
|------|----------|----------|
| Feature | `feature-template.md` | New functionality (default fallback) |
| Bugfix | `bugfix-template.md` | Debug + fix |
| Refactor | `refactor-template.md` | Structural cleanup |
| Testing | `testing-template.md` | Test writing |
| API | `api-template.md` | Endpoint/API work |
| UI | `ui-template.md` | UI components |
| Security | `security-template.md` | Security audit/hardening |
| Docs | `docs-template.md` | Documentation |
| Content | `content-template.md` | Blog posts, articles, marketing copy |
| Research | `research-template.md` | Analysis/exploration |
| Multi-Agent | `swarm-template.md` | Multi-agent coordination |
| Team Brief | `team-brief-template.md` | Team orchestration brief |

**Priority** (most specific wins): api > security > ui > testing > bugfix > refactor > content > docs > research > feature. For multi-agent tasks, use `swarm-template` for the team brief and the type-specific template for each agent's sub-prompt.

**How it works:** Read the matching template from `docs/references/{type}-template.md`, then fill it with task-specific context. Templates are NOT loaded into context by default — only read on demand when generating a prompt. If the template file is not found, fall back to the Base XML Structure below.

> To add a new task type: create `docs/references/{type}-template.md` following the XML structure below, then add it to the table above.

### Base XML Structure

All templates follow this core structure (8 required tags). Use as fallback if no specific template matches:

Exception: `team-brief-template.md` uses Markdown format for orchestration briefs. This is intentional — see template header for rationale.

```xml
<role>{Expert role matching task type and domain}</role>

<context>
- Working environment, frameworks, tools
- Available resources, current state
</context>

<task>{Clear, unambiguous single-sentence task}</task>

<motivation>{Why this matters — priority, impact}</motivation>

<requirements>
- {Specific, measurable requirement 1}
- {At least 3-5 requirements}
</requirements>

<constraints>
- {What NOT to do}
- {Boundaries and limits}
</constraints>

<output_format>{Expected format, structure, length}</output_format>

<success_criteria>
- {Testable condition 1}
- {Measurable outcome 2}
</success_criteria>
```

### Project Context Detection

Auto-detect tech stack from current working directory ONLY:
- Scan `package.json`, `tsconfig.json`, `prisma/schema.prisma`, etc.
- Session-scoped — different directory = fresh context
- Opt out with "no context", "generic", or "manual context"
- Never scan parent directories or carry context between sessions

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## Mode 2: Repromptception (Agent Teams)

### TL;DR

```
Raw task in → quality output out. Every agent gets a reprompted prompt.

Phase 1: Score raw prompt, plan team, define roles (YOU do this, ~30s)
Phase 2: Write XML-structured prompt per agent (YOU do this, ~2min)
Phase 3: Launch tmux Agent Teams (AUTOMATED)
Phase 4: Read results, score, retry if needed (YOU do this)
```

**Key insight:** The reprompt phase costs ZERO extra tokens — YOU write the prompts, not an