Universal prompts
Universal resources avoid vendor-specific syntax, tool names and system-prompt tricks. They rely only on plain instructions, an explicit output shape and clearly marked input, which every instruction-tuned model understands. If a prompt here needs a change to run somewhere else, that change is written in the usage notes rather than hidden in the text.
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Debug from a stack trace
Works from the trace and the relevant source to name the most likely cause, with the check that would confirm it.
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Translate while keeping terminology fixed
Translates text while leaving a named glossary of terms untouched - useful for documentation and interfaces.
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Turn a vague request into a written brief
Takes a one-line request from a colleague or client and returns the questions that have to be answered before work starts.
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Write a SQL query from a plain question
Produces one query against a schema you provide, and asks a question instead of guessing when the schema is ambiguous.
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Rewrite a product description for a specific audience
Rewrites shop copy to a fixed length and audience while keeping the technical specifications exactly as given.
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Explain this code to a new maintainer
Explains what a file does, why it is shaped that way, and where the traps are - aimed at someone about to change it.
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Technical SEO audit of a single page
Audits one page from its actual HTML, ranks findings by impact, and marks what it cannot verify without a crawler.
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Extract structured data as JSON
A strict extraction prompt that returns valid JSON only, with nulls for missing fields instead of invented values.
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Summarise a meeting transcript into decisions and actions
Extracts decisions, owners and open questions from a raw transcript, and refuses to invent an owner where the transcript does not name one.
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Rewrite an error message for humans
Turns a technical error into one a non-technical user can act on, without inventing a cause the log does not support.
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Strict code review of a diff
A review prompt that reports only what would break in production, gives the smallest fix for each finding, and is allowed to say the diff is fine.