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Prompt Engineering Patterns

Prompt Engineering Patterns is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from wshobson/agents. It should be used when the user asks to "optimize a prompt", "improve prompt performance", "design a prompt template", "write better prompts", "debug… It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 41,725 GitHub stars across a repository of 7 listed skills.

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Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
/plugin install llm-application-dev@claude-code-workflows

In the Claude apps, zip the prompt-engineering-patterns folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wshobson/agents.git
cp -r agents/plugins/llm-application-dev/skills/prompt-engineering-patterns .agents/skills/prompt-engineering-patterns   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wshobson/agents.git
cp -r agents/plugins/llm-application-dev/skills/prompt-engineering-patterns .cursor/skills/prompt-engineering-patterns   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

This skill should be used when the user asks to "optimize a prompt", "improve prompt performance", "design a prompt template", "write better prompts", "debug prompt issues", "use chain-of-thought", "structured prompting", "few-shot prompting", or wants to apply advanced prompt engineering patterns for production LLM applications. Master advanced prompt engineering techniques to maximize LLM performance, reliability, and controllability.

When it triggers

  • used when the user asks to "optimize a prompt", "improve prompt performance", "design a prompt template", "write better prompts", "debug prompt issues", "use chain-of-thought", "structured prompting", "few-shot prompting", or wants to apply
  • "optimize a prompt"
  • "improve prompt performance"
  • "design a prompt template"
  • "write better prompts"
  • "debug prompt issues"
  • "use chain-of-thought"
  • "structured prompting"

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FAQ

Prompt Engineering Patterns FAQ

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How do I install the Prompt Engineering Patterns skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents and then /plugin install llm-application-dev@claude-code-workflows. For Codex or Cursor, copy the prompt-engineering-patterns folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Prompt Engineering Patterns skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Prompt Engineering Patterns maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 17, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.