dev prompts (vscode extension)

bring a shared set of developer prompts into your project with one command. it pulls everything under prompts/ from the shared repo and drops it into your workspace ./prompts folder.

• source: finnjclancy/dev-prompts
• prompts path: /prompts

what it does

• imports everything from the repo’s prompts/ folder
• writes into your project’s ./prompts folder (at the root)
• handles conflicts with one choice for all files: overwrite / skip / rename

commands

• dev prompts: import prompts – fetch and write ./prompts
• dev prompts: sync prompts – re-fetch and apply the same rules
• dev prompts: search and import – fuzzy‑search folders/files under prompts/ and import selected items (multi‑select)

how search works

• searches both folder names and file names (and their paths) inside finnjclancy/dev-prompts@main/prompts/
• results show paths like prompts/languages/javascript (directories first, then files)
• you can multi‑select any mix of folders and files
• importing a folder brings in the whole subtree; importing a file brings just that file
• conflict handling uses your one‑time choice (overwrite / skip / rename → applies to all)

optional setting

• devPrompts.autoImportOnActivate (default: false)
  • if true, imports on vscode startup without asking

quick start (local dev)

1. clone this repo
2. npm install
3. npm run compile
4. press F5 in vscode to launch an extension development host

then, from the command palette (cmd/ctrl+shift+p):

• run “dev prompts: import prompts” to fetch the latest
• or try “dev prompts: search and import”, type something like javascript, multi‑select matches, hit enter

notes

• destination is always ./prompts at the workspace root (v1)
• source is fixed to main branch of the shared repo (v1)
• if you hit github rate limits, set a GITHUB_TOKEN env var before importing