improving-prompts

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Tune prompts with Claude 4.5 best practices.

Authorjoshuadavidthomas
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This skill provides a structured approach to applying Claude 4.5 prompting best practices to existing prompts, preventing unnecessary or unsubstantiated changes.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Explicit instruction guidance: ensures prompts prescribe exact behaviors and avoid vague requests.
  • Context and motivation: explains why a rule matters to improve model alignment.
  • Conservative changes: preserves user tone and only modifies prompts when issues are concrete.
  • Use Case: You have a CLAUDE.md prompt that underperforms; apply the documented practices to improve it while keeping its style.

Quick Start

Provide a concrete CLAUDE.md prompt issue and apply the documented best practices to improve it.

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Name: improving-prompts
Download link: https://github.com/joshuadavidthomas/agent-skills/archive/main.zip#improving-prompts

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