create-meta-prompts

Multi-stage prompting organizes research, planning, and implementation stages into structured folders with versioned artifacts and XML metadata. This Skill enforces a repeatable folder structure (`.prompts/{number}-{topic}-{purpose}/`) and standardized templates, enabling downstream prompts to consume outputs deterministically with clear provenance and dependency tracking.

Design prompts for Claude-to-Claude pipelines by establishing reference chains and dependency awareness. This Skill generates optimized prompts with XML metadata schemas and automatic provenance, organizing artifacts (research.md, plan.md) so each downstream prompt knows its inputs and can execute deterministically without manual handoff.

Provenance is maintained by placing each prompt in a dedicated versioned folder with XML metadata that tracks references and dependencies. This Skill automates dependency handling and chain detection, creating a centralized record of which prompts consumed which artifacts, enabling audit trails and dependency-aware re-execution.

Yes. This Skill enables deterministic, dependency-aware execution of multi-stage workflows via a centralized prompt engine. It creates optimized prompts for each stage (research → plan → implement) with standardized templates and integration points, automating handoffs and eliminating manual coordination between stages.

Use XML metadata when running multi-stage workflows where downstream prompts must consume structured outputs from earlier stages. Metadata schemas enforce contract clarity between prompt stages, enable reference chaining, support dependency detection, and provide integration hooks for execution engines to orchestrate pipelines reliably.

An execution engine enables deterministic orchestration and dependency resolution across stages, but isn't strictly required. This Skill generates prompts and artifacts compatible with centralized engines; you can also run stages manually, though automation requires an engine to handle reference resolution and provenance tracking.