🚀 Better Prompt

Better Prompt helps you transform rough ideas into clear, structured, and high-quality prompts—directly inside Visual Studio Code.

Whether you're working with AI tools, writing specs, or refining instructions, Better Prompt ensures your prompts are precise, complete, and effective.

✨ Features

🧠 Smart Prompt Refinement

• Instantly convert vague prompts into structured, actionable instructions
• Improve clarity with roles, context, and constraints
• Generate high-quality, AI-ready prompts in seconds

⚡ Seamless Workflow

• Refine prompts directly from the editor
• Right-click selected text to enhance instantly
• Refine and copy prompts in a single step

📝 Prompt Draft Mode

• Dedicated workspace for writing prompts
• Real-time diagnostics for missing structure
• Inline suggestions to improve quality

💡 Intelligent Suggestions

• Get contextual improvements via quick fixes
• One-click enhancements for better results

🤖 Copilot Chat Integration

• Use /bp to generate multiple refined prompt variants
• Designed to work smoothly with GitHub Copilot Chat

📦 Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Go to Extensions Marketplace
3. Search for Better Prompt
4. Click Install

🚀 Getting Started

Use Better Prompt directly inside Copilot Chat:

🤖 Copilot Chat Usage

@betterprompt /bp <your draft prompt>

Output:

• 3 refined prompt variants
• Ready-to-use, high-quality prompts
• Easy copy and reuse

Option 1: Command Palette

1. Open Command Palette (Ctrl + Shift + P)
2. Run:

   Better Prompt: Refine Prompt
   

3. Enter your draft prompt and get an improved version instantly

Option 2: From Selected Text

1. Select any text in your editor
2. Right-click and choose:

   Better Prompt: Refine Selected Text
   

Option 3: One-Step Copy

Use:

Better Prompt: Refine + Copy Active Prompt

✔ Refines your prompt
✔ Copies it to clipboard
✔ Ready to paste anywhere

Option 4: Prompt Draft Mode

Use:

Better Prompt: Open Prompt Draft

• Write prompts in a guided environment
• Get live feedback and structure suggestions
• Improve prompts as you type

📚 Commands

⚙️ Configuration

Customize Better Prompt via VS Code settings:

{
  "betterPrompt.defaultTone": "professional",
  "betterPrompt.copyToClipboard": true,
  "betterPrompt.showOnboardingOnFirstRun": true
}

Available Options

• defaultTone

  • professional
  • concise
  • detailed
  • friendly

• copyToClipboard

  • Automatically copy refined prompts

• showOnboardingOnFirstRun

  • Enable/disable onboarding experience

🎯 Use Cases

• Writing better AI prompts (ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.)
• Improving system design or coding instructions
• Creating structured queries for LLMs
• Enhancing documentation and specs

🛠️ Roadmap

• More tone customization options
• Prompt templates library
• Advanced AI-assisted rewriting
• Team collaboration features

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

If you have ideas, suggestions, or improvements:

• Open an issue
• Submit a pull request

📄 License

MIT License