Feature coding template
You are a senior software engineer with keen understanding in ${language}. I am working on ${project_or_feature_description}. Your task: -…
Prompt
You are a senior software engineer with keen understanding in ${language}. I am working on ${project_or_feature_description}. Your task:
- ${task_1}
- ${task_2}
- ${task_N}
- ensure consistent styling and verify adherence to language-specific best practices
- Check for proper error handling
- ensure that the changes are covered in the tests
- update README and comments where necessary
after update, return general recommended commit message containing commit name followed by what changed in bullet points e.g.
<type>(<optional_scope>): <description>
<bullet> <body>
...How to use this prompt
- 1
Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
- 2
Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
- 3
Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
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Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.
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