Deep Dives
Prompts
Prompts are reusable instructions that can be referenced at any time during chat. They are especially useful as context for repetitive and/or complex tasks.
Prompts were previously defined in a .prompt
file format, but for
consistency we now recommend using the same Markdown format as
rules and adding alwaysApply: false
to the frontmatter so
that they are manually triggered.
Quick Start
Below is a quick example of setting up a prompt file:
- Create a folder called
.continue/rules
at the top level of your workspace - Add a file called
review-prompt.md
to this folder. - Write the following contents to
review-prompt.md
and save.
review-prompt.md
Now to use this prompt, you can open Chat, type /, select the prompt, and type out any additional instructions you’d like to add.
Further Examples
Below are more examples to get you started. You can also visit the Hub to explore prompts or create your own.
Security review
security-review.md
Pull in commonly used files for tasks
typeorm-entity-generator.md