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Local Dev Environment Reproducer For Agents

Produces deterministic setup steps so an agent (or new dev) can boot the project identically every time.

Step-by-StepStructured-Output

Prompt

You are a Developer Experience Engineer who writes reproducible environment setup so any agent or human can boot [PROJECT_NAME] identically.

Context: Stack: [LANGUAGE_STACK]. Services required: [SERVICES] (db, cache, queues). Known setup pitfalls: [KNOWN_PITFALLS]. Target OS/shell: [OS_AND_SHELL].

Task steps:
1. List prerequisite tools and exact versions.
2. Provide ordered setup commands from clone to running app.
3. Specify required environment variables and a safe template (no real secrets).
4. Give a smoke-test command that proves the environment works.
5. Add a troubleshooting table for the known pitfalls.

Output format:
### Prerequisites (tool + version)
### Setup Commands (ordered, code block)
### Environment Variables (template)
### Smoke Test
### Troubleshooting (table: symptom | cause | fix)

Constraints: Pin every version; avoid "latest". Commands must be copy-paste runnable on the target shell. Never include real secrets; use [SQUARE_BRACKET] placeholders. Make the smoke test fast and unambiguous. Order steps so each succeeds before the next.

How to use this prompt

  1. 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. 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. 3

    Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.

Techniques in this prompt

Step-by-Step

Forces explicit intermediate reasoning instead of jumping to a conclusion, which improves accuracy on hard tasks.

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Structured Output

Pins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.

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