Prompt Vault

Save, organize, and reuse your AI prompts directly inside VS Code.

Features

• Categories - Organize prompts into folders like "Code Review", "Documentation", "Testing"
• Favorites - Pin your most-used prompts to the top for instant access
• Template Variables - Use {{variable}} placeholders that get filled in at insert time
• Prompt Chains - Combine multiple prompts into a single workflow and run them in sequence
• Version History - Every edit is tracked so you can preview or revert to any previous version
• Drag & Drop - Reorder prompts or move them between categories by dragging
• Search & Filter - Quickly find prompts by title, description, content, or category
• Import / Export - Share prompts with your team or back them up as JSON files
• Preview Panel - View prompts in a styled read-only panel with highlighted template variables
• Completely Local - No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. Your prompts stay on your machine

Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+X (or Cmd+Shift+X on Mac) to open Extensions
3. Search for "Prompt Vault"
4. Click Install

Quick Start

Add a Prompt

1. Click the bookmark icon ("Prompt Vault") in the left sidebar
2. Click the + button at the top of the panel
3. Fill in the form:
   • Prompt ID: A short identifier like code-review
   • Title: Display name (e.g., "Code Reviewer")
   • Description: What this prompt does
   • Category: Group it belongs to (e.g., "Code Review")
   • Prompt Body: Your prompt text. Use {{language}} syntax for template variables
4. Click Create

Insert a Prompt

Sidebar: Click the play button next to any prompt in the tree view.

Keyboard: Press Ctrl+Alt+P (or Cmd+Alt+P on Mac), pick a prompt, and it's inserted at your cursor and copied to your clipboard.

If the prompt contains template variables like {{language}} or {{filename}}, you'll be prompted to fill in each value before insertion.

Organize with Categories

Prompts are grouped by category in the sidebar tree view. You can:

• Set a category when creating or editing a prompt
• Drag and drop a prompt onto a different category header to move it
• Drop a prompt onto another prompt to reorder within the same category

Favorite Prompts

Click the star icon on any prompt to add it to favorites. Favorited prompts appear in a dedicated "Favorites" section at the top of the tree.

Template Variables

Use {{variableName}} in your prompt body to create reusable templates:

Review the following {{language}} code for {{concern}}:

When you insert this prompt, you'll be asked to enter values for language and concern.

Prompt Chains

Combine multiple prompts into a workflow:

1. Open the sidebar overflow menu (...) and select Create Chain
2. Give it a name and description
3. Select the prompts to include (in order)
4. Run the chain with the play button - all prompts execute in sequence

Chains resolve template variables for each step and join results with --- separators.

Version History

Every time you edit a prompt, the previous version is automatically saved.

• Right-click a prompt and select View History
• Browse all previous versions with timestamps
• Preview any old version in a side panel
• Revert to restore a previous version (current version is preserved in history)

Import & Export

• Export: Sidebar overflow menu > Export Prompts > Save as JSON
• Import: Sidebar overflow menu > Import Prompts > Select a JSON file

Duplicate prompt IDs are skipped during import. Use this to share prompts with teammates or back up your collection.

Search

Click the search icon in the sidebar title bar (or press Ctrl+Alt+F when the tree is focused) to filter prompts by title, description, content, or category. Click the clear icon to reset.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Customize shortcuts in VS Code Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > search "Prompt Vault".

Built-in Prompts

Prompt Vault ships with 3 starter prompts to get you going:

• Code Reviewer - Review code for bugs and improvements
• Documentation Generator - Generate docs with parameters and examples
• Test Case Writer - Write comprehensive unit tests

Data Storage

All data is stored locally in your home directory:

• Prompts: ~/.prompt-vault/prompts.json
• Chains: ~/.prompt-vault/chains.json

No configuration needed. The extension works out of the box.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85.0 or later

License

MIT License - Free to use and modify.