Prompt Bank

Managing, Reusing and Sharing Prompts Right From Your IDE.
Enhance your development workflow by saving, searching, and inserting AI prompts instanly.

A powerful VS Code extension to save and manage your frequent prompts for AI assistants, code templates, and development workflows.

🚀 Key Features

• Save Prompts Instantly: Select any text and save it as a prompt with a title, description, and category using a simple keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+S).
• Tree View: Browse and manage all your prompts in a hierarchical tree view organized by categories. Click any prompt to insert it instantly.
• Modern Editor: Create and edit prompts in a clean, two-column webview editor with dynamic category dropdown and inline category creation.
• Share & Import: Share individual prompts or entire collections via public links. Import prompts and collections from others with automatic conflict resolution.
• Drag & Drop: Reorder categories and prompts with intuitive drag & drop interface. Move prompts between categories seamlessly.
• Category Management: Create, rename, and organize prompts into categories. Categories are automatically managed and sorted.
• Powerful Search: Find prompts quickly with integrated search that scans titles, content, descriptions, and categories.
• Context Menus: Right-click on any prompt or category for all actions: Edit, Insert, Delete, Share, and Rename Category.
• Inline Actions: Use convenient inline icons in the tree view for quick insert and delete operations.
• Authentication: Secure GitHub OAuth integration for sharing features.
• Persistence: All data persists across VS Code sessions with atomic file operations.

🎯 Quick Start

1. Save a Prompt:

   • Select text in your editor.
   • Press Ctrl+Shift+S (or Cmd+Shift+S on Mac).
   • Fill in the details in the prompt editor and save.

2. Insert a Prompt:

   • From the Sidebar: Find your prompt in the "Prompt Bank" tree and click it.
   • With a Shortcut: Press Ctrl+Shift+I (or Cmd+Shift+I on Mac) and select a prompt from the list. Start typing to search and filter prompts.

3. Manage Prompts:

   • Right-click any item in the tree view to see all management options.

4. Share Prompts:

   • Single Prompt: Right-click any prompt and select "Share" to get a public link.
   • Collection: Use Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) → "Prompt Bank: Share Collection" to share entire categories or the complete prompt bank.

5. Import Prompts:

   • Command Palette → "Prompt Bank: Import Prompt" → paste share link.
   • Automatic conflict resolution handles duplicate titles and categories.

🔧 Commands & Keybindings

📁 Storage

Prompts are stored locally on your machine using atomic file operations:

• Project-Specific: .vscode/prompt-bank/prompts.json (for prompts tied to the current workspace)
• Global: ~/.vscode-prompt-bank/prompts.json (as a fallback for prompts available everywhere)
• Data Format: JSON with metadata including creation/modification dates and usage tracking

🔐 Authentication

Sharing features require GitHub OAuth authentication:

• First Time: When you first share a prompt, you'll be redirected to GitHub to authorize the extension
• Secure: Only minimal permissions are requested (public profile access)
• Automatic: Once authorized, sharing works seamlessly without further prompts
• Revocable: You can revoke access anytime from your GitHub settings

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

📋 Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a detailed history of changes and new features.