Worksheet · prompt-maker method

Prompt Builder

Turn a rough idea into a build brief that a coding agent can work from without coming back to ask. Fill each slot (the help sits next to it), and the linter checks the brief as you go. When the stamp says pass, copy it.

Your idea

Drafting uses Seth's Claude API key. Enter the passphrase to unlock it on this device.

One or two sentences about what you want built. Draft from my idea asks Claude to fill every slot below in one go (about 30 seconds). Anything it had to guess is marked assumed under the slot. Check those first.

No passphrase? Fill the slots by hand. The linter works the same either way.

Mode

Brief mode Full Short

Project name

Short fits targets that are well documented and widely known, like a clone of a known game or tool. Only Judgment, Materials, Loop and Done are required.

Full fits anything new: your own product, a new mechanic, a specific look. Here the brief has to be the spec. If you're unsure, use full.

The brief

The stamp comes from the linter (a line-for-line port of lint_prompt.py). Errors block a pass. Warnings are worth fixing unless you can say why one doesn't apply.

Passing proves the structure is right. It can't prove the brief is good, so reread Judgment and Done as the agent would.

Check a brief you already have

Runs the same linter on whatever you paste. It doesn't touch the slots above.

What you type is saved in this browser only. When you press Draft from my idea, your idea goes to the Claude API to be drafted. It is not stored on the server.