prompt-middleware

prompt-middleware is a lightweight VS Code extension that helps you refine prompts in Copilot Chat using consistent, project-specific guidelines.

✨ Features

• Define prompt and code style guidelines in version-controlled Markdown files.
• Auto-refine Copilot prompts by typing @refine [your prompt] in Ask mode.
• Automatically attaches your guidelines to the refined prompt as context.
• Clears previous messages for a clean, focused chat session.

🛠️ Setup

1. Add these two files to your project:
   • /context/prompt-guidelines.md
   • /context/code-guidelines.md
2. Open GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code.
3. Switch to Ask mode.
4. Type a message like:
   @refine create a function to validate email input
5. The extension will:
   • Rewrite your prompt based on your guidelines.
   • Reset the chat with the improved prompt prefilled.
   • Attach your code-guidelines.md as context.

→ See examples

💡 Why use it?

• Avoid repeating your tone, style, or tech stack in every prompt.
• Enforce consistent standards across a project or team.
• Speed up your workflow with reusable, editable guidelines.

📦 Install

Install from the VS Code Marketplace →

⚙️ Extension Settings

This extension has no configuration options at the moment.

📋 Requirements

Your project must include:

• /context/prompt-guidelines.md
• /context/code-guidelines.md

📄 License

prompt-middleware © 2025 by Erik Nogueira Kückelheim
Licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

If you'd like to improve this extension, follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Make your changes
4. Commit and push (git commit -am 'Add my feature' && git push origin feature/my-feature)
5. Open a pull request

Please keep changes focused and include a short explanation of what you did. Feel free to open an issue if you want to discuss a feature or bug first.