PromptG Starter Packs

Starter packs that showcase what PromptG can do and help you get up and running fast.

Each pack includes example templates (blueprints) plus a small set of runnable prompts (instances) you can customize and share.

Ecosystem

• You are in promptg/starter-packs: curated packs (templates + prompts) to install and customize.
• Format/spec: https://github.com/promptg/spec (canonical spec + schemas + conformance).
• CLI: https://github.com/promptg/cli (reference implementation).
• Website: https://promptg.io (landing page, hosted schemas, pack mirror).
• Conceptual model: https://github.com/promptg/spec/blob/main/spec/promptg-spec.md#2-core-concepts-and-rationale-informative

Routing:

• Pack content issues: https://github.com/promptg/starter-packs/issues
• CLI bugs/features: https://github.com/promptg/cli/issues
• Spec/schema issues: https://github.com/promptg/spec/issues

Quickstart

Install a pack (from a file path or a URL):

promptg pack install ./packs/promptg-pack-<pack>.json

Pack installs copy prompts and templates into your local store for customization.

Run a prompt (instances are first-class):

promptg get <prompt-name>

Create a new prompt from a template:

promptg prompt new <new-prompt-name> --from-template <template-name>

Inspect a template's full source JSON:

promptg template show <template-name>

Learn PromptG

Getting started

• Quickstart: https://github.com/promptg/cli#quickstart-60-seconds
• CLI reference: https://github.com/promptg/cli/blob/main/docs/CLI.md

Understand asset types

• Prompts (instances): https://github.com/promptg/spec/blob/main/spec/promptg-spec.md#2-core-concepts-and-rationale-informative
• Templates (blueprints): https://github.com/promptg/spec/blob/main/spec/promptg-spec.md#2-core-concepts-and-rationale-informative
• Packs (distribution): https://github.com/promptg/spec/blob/main/spec/promptg-spec.md#2-core-concepts-and-rationale-informative

Repo Layout

• packs/ -- distributable pack JSON files (promptg-pack-*.json)
• templates/ -- individual template JSON files (blueprints)
• prompts/ -- individual prompt JSON files (instances)

Development

Validate all JSON assets against the PromptG v1 schemas:

# Point this at the directory containing v1 schema files:
# - prompt.schema.json
# - template.schema.json
# - pack.schema.json

PROMPTG_SCHEMA_DIR=../spec/schemas/v1 npm run validate

PowerShell:

$env:PROMPTG_SCHEMA_DIR = "..\\spec\\schemas\\v1"
npm run validate

Pack Index

Overview

| Pack | Prompts | Templates | Summary | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------: | --------: | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Dev Essentials (dev-essentials) | 3 | 9 | Compact, general-purpose prompts for daily development work: reviews, PR writing, commit messages, tests, basic security checks, and release notes. | | Junior Dev: Level Up (junior-dev-level-up) | 3 | 7 | Guided prompts for junior developers that explain terminology, provide checklists, and suggest safe next steps for reviews, bug fixes, and tests. | | OSS Maintainer: Steward (oss-maintainer-steward) | 3 | 7 | Maintainer-focused prompts for triage and communication: issue/PR responses, repro requests, contribution guidance, and release messaging. | | Project Init Starter (project-init-starter) | 3 | 8 | A repo-scoped baseline for teams: consistent prompts and templates for onboarding, PRs, reviews, tests, security checks, and releases (designed to be referenced in docs and CI). | | Project Lead: Status & Risk (project-lead-status-and-risk) | 3 | 7 | Status and risk prompts for project leads: translate technical updates into clear progress, blockers, dependencies, and next steps for stakeholders. | | QA: Break It Before Prod (qa-break-it-before-prod) | 3 | 7 | QA-focused prompts for risk-based testing: test plans, edge cases, regression checklists, and release smoke guidance. | | Security Champion: Threat-First (security-champion-threat-first) | 3 | 7 | Security-focused prompts for threat modeling and diff reviews: identify likely vulnerabilities, rate severity, and recommend practical mitigations. | | Senior Dev: Fastlane (senior-dev-fastlane) | 3 | 7 | High-signal prompts for senior engineers that prioritize correctness/security/maintainability risk and keep output short and decision-oriented. | | SRE: Incident Commander (sre-incident-commander) | 3 | 7 | SRE-focused prompts for incident response and postmortems: timelines, impact summaries, contributing factors, and follow-up actions. | | Tech Lead: Align & Ship (tech-lead-align-and-ship) | 3 | 7 | Planning and alignment prompts for tech leads: turn requirements into scope, tradeoffs, technical direction, rollout steps, and team-ready communication. |

Dev Essentials (dev-essentials)

Compact, general-purpose prompts for daily development work: reviews, PR writing, commit messages, tests, basic security checks, and release notes.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-dev-essentials.json

Prompts

• dev-commit-message -- Draft a conventional commit message from intent and/or diff context.
• dev-pr-review -- Review a PR diff for correctness, security, and maintainability; output top risks and fixes.
• dev-test-generation -- Generate unit tests from code and desired behaviors, including edge cases.

Templates

• dev-bug-fix-plan -- Turn a bug report into investigation steps, hypotheses, and a safe fix plan.
• dev-code-review -- Review a code snippet/file (no diff) for bugs, clarity, and maintainability.
• dev-commit-message -- Draft a conventional commit message from intent and/or diff context.
• dev-feature-plan -- Turn a feature request into scope, approach, tasks, and risks.
• dev-pr-review -- Review a PR diff for correctness, security, and maintainability; output top risks and fixes.
• dev-release-notes-short -- Summarize changes into short release notes with user-facing highlights.
• dev-security-scan -- Scan code or diffs for security issues; report severity and mitigations.
• dev-test-generation -- Generate unit tests from code and desired behaviors, including edge cases.
• dev-test-plan -- Create a risk-based test plan with prioritized cases and coverage notes.

Junior Dev: Level Up (junior-dev-level-up)

Guided prompts for junior developers that explain terminology, provide checklists, and suggest safe next steps for reviews, bug fixes, and tests.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-junior-dev-level-up.json

Prompts

• junior-bug-fix-walkthrough -- Guide debugging from symptoms to root cause with a step-by-step plan.
• junior-code-review-coach -- Explain issues in plain language and suggest safe fixes with clear steps.
• junior-test-generation-coach -- Generate tests and explain what each test proves and why it matters.

Templates

• junior-bug-fix-walkthrough -- Guide debugging from symptoms to root cause with a step-by-step plan.
• junior-code-review-coach -- Explain issues in plain language and suggest safe fixes with clear steps.
• junior-commit-message-helper -- Draft a conventional commit message with guidance on type/scope/intent.
• junior-diff-explainer -- Summarize a diff in plain language and call out likely risks.
• junior-pr-description-helper -- Write a clear PR description with prompts for context, changes, and testing.
• junior-test-generation-coach -- Generate tests and explain what each test proves and why it matters.
• junior-test-plan-basics -- Create a simple test plan covering happy paths, edge cases, and regressions.

OSS Maintainer: Steward (oss-maintainer-steward)

Maintainer-focused prompts for triage and communication: issue/PR responses, repro requests, contribution guidance, and release messaging.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-oss-maintainer-steward.json

Prompts

• oss-issue-response-kind-firm -- Draft responses that are kind, clear, and bounded by maintainer capacity.
• oss-issue-triage -- Triage issues: classify, request missing info, and propose next steps.
• oss-release-notes-and-thanks -- Write release notes highlighting changes and thanking contributors.

Templates

• oss-contributing-guidance -- Provide contribution guidance aligned with repo standards and maintainer bandwidth.
• oss-duplicate-close -- Close duplicates with a link to the canonical thread and next steps.
• oss-issue-response-kind-firm -- Draft responses that are kind, clear, and bounded by maintainer capacity.
• oss-issue-triage -- Triage issues: classify, request missing info, and propose next steps.
• oss-pr-review-maintainer -- Review PRs for correctness, tests, docs, and project fit.
• oss-release-notes-and-thanks -- Write release notes highlighting changes and thanking contributors.
• oss-repro-request -- Request a minimal repro with an actionable checklist and environment details.

Project Init Starter (project-init-starter)

A repo-scoped baseline for teams: consistent prompts and templates for onboarding, PRs, reviews, tests, security checks, and releases (designed to be referenced in docs and CI).

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-project-init-starter.json

Prompts

• repo-onboarding-quickstart -- Generate a repo onboarding quickstart: setup, run, test, and contribute.
• repo-pr-description -- Produce a PR description in the repo's expected format (what/why/how/testing/risk).
• repo-pr-review -- Self-review a PR diff against repo standards, risks, and acceptance criteria.

Templates

• repo-commit-message -- Draft commit messages that match the repo's conventions and scope style.
• repo-feature-plan -- Create a repo-appropriate feature plan including rollout and operational considerations.
• repo-onboarding-quickstart -- Generate a repo onboarding quickstart: setup, run, test, and contribute.
• repo-pr-description -- Produce a PR description in the repo's expected format (what/why/how/testing/risk).
• repo-pr-review -- Self-review a PR diff against repo standards, risks, and acceptance criteria.
• repo-release-notes-short -- Draft short release notes aligned with the repo's release style.
• repo-security-scan -- Review repo changes for security risks, assumptions, and mitigations.
• repo-test-plan -- Plan testing for a change in this repo, focusing on regression and risk.

Project Lead: Status & Risk (project-lead-status-and-risk)

Status and risk prompts for project leads: translate technical updates into clear progress, blockers, dependencies, and next steps for stakeholders.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-project-lead-status-and-risk.json

Prompts

• project-lead-risk-register -- Risk register with likelihood, impact, mitigation, owner, and due date.
• project-lead-stakeholder-update-email -- Draft a stakeholder update email with clear risks and asks.
• project-lead-weekly-status -- Weekly status update: progress, next, risks, blockers, and asks.

Templates

• project-lead-dependency-map -- Map dependencies/blockers with owners, dates, and escalation needs.
• project-lead-meeting-notes-to-actions -- Turn notes into decisions, action items, owners, and deadlines.
• project-lead-milestone-plan -- Plan milestones with deliverables, dates, and dependencies.
• project-lead-risk-register -- Risk register with likelihood, impact, mitigation, owner, and due date.
• project-lead-scope-tradeoffs -- Summarize scope tradeoffs and recommend a path forward.
• project-lead-stakeholder-update-email -- Draft a stakeholder update email with clear risks and asks.
• project-lead-weekly-status -- Weekly status update: progress, next, risks, blockers, and asks.

QA: Break It Before Prod (qa-break-it-before-prod)

QA-focused prompts for risk-based testing: test plans, edge cases, regression checklists, and release smoke guidance.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-qa-break-it-before-prod.json

Prompts

• qa-regression-checklist -- Create a regression checklist based on what the change touches.
• qa-release-smoke-suite -- Draft a release smoke suite covering critical user journeys.
• qa-risk-based-test-plan -- Build a risk-based test plan with priority ordering and coverage rationale.

Templates

• qa-bug-report-repro-steps -- Write a bug report with clear repro steps and environment details.
• qa-edge-case-generator -- Generate edge and negative test cases for a feature or change.
• qa-flaky-test-triage -- Triage flaky tests and propose fixes and stabilization steps.
• qa-regression-checklist -- Create a regression checklist based on what the change touches.
• qa-release-smoke-suite -- Draft a release smoke suite covering critical user journeys.
• qa-risk-based-test-plan -- Build a risk-based test plan with priority ordering and coverage rationale.
• qa-test-coverage-review -- Review existing tests and suggest the highest-value coverage gaps.

Security Champion: Threat-First (security-champion-threat-first)

Security-focused prompts for threat modeling and diff reviews: identify likely vulnerabilities, rate severity, and recommend practical mitigations.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-security-champion-threat-first.json

Prompts

• security-pr-diff-scan -- Review a diff for security issues; report severity, evidence, and fixes.
• security-remediation-plan -- Turn findings into a prioritized remediation plan with verification steps.
• security-threat-model-lite -- Create a lightweight threat model: assets, actors, entry points, mitigations.

Templates

• security-abuse-cases-generator -- Generate abuse cases and negative scenarios to test and defend against.
• security-authn-authz-check -- Review authn/authz changes for bypasses and privilege bugs.
• security-dependency-change-review -- Assess dependency changes for supply-chain risk and safeguards.
• security-pr-diff-scan -- Review a diff for security issues; report severity, evidence, and fixes.
• security-remediation-plan -- Turn findings into a prioritized remediation plan with verification steps.
• security-secrets-and-logging-check -- Check for secret exposure and unsafe logging/telemetry patterns.
• security-threat-model-lite -- Create a lightweight threat model: assets, actors, entry points, mitigations.

Senior Dev: Fastlane (senior-dev-fastlane)

High-signal prompts for senior engineers that prioritize correctness/security/maintainability risk and keep output short and decision-oriented.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-senior-dev-fastlane.json

Prompts

• senior-breaking-change-check -- Assess compatibility impact and recommend semver classification and comms.
• senior-pr-review-fastlane -- Fast PR review: top risks, severity-ranked findings, and minimal fixes.
• senior-risk-scan -- Identify correctness, security, and operability risks quickly and concretely.

Templates

• senior-api-contract-review -- Review API changes for compatibility, ergonomics, and edge cases.
• senior-architecture-sanity-check -- Sanity check architecture for tradeoffs, failure modes, and maintainability.
• senior-breaking-change-check -- Assess compatibility impact and recommend semver classification and comms.
• senior-performance-quickscan -- Spot performance risks and suggest what to measure and optimize.
• senior-pr-review-fastlane -- Fast PR review: top risks, severity-ranked findings, and minimal fixes.
• senior-refactor-plan -- Plan a safe refactor with sequencing, guardrails, and rollback strategy.
• senior-risk-scan -- Identify correctness, security, and operability risks quickly and concretely.

SRE: Incident Commander (sre-incident-commander)

SRE-focused prompts for incident response and postmortems: timelines, impact summaries, contributing factors, and follow-up actions.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-sre-incident-commander.json

Prompts

• sre-incident-brief -- Summarize incident impact, current status, and immediate next steps.
• sre-postmortem-writeup -- Write a blameless postmortem with contributing factors and action items.
• sre-timeline-from-logs -- Build a timeline from logs/events and highlight gaps and hypotheses.

Templates

• sre-followups-and-owners -- Turn learnings into follow-ups with owners, priority, and due dates.
• sre-incident-brief -- Summarize incident impact, current status, and immediate next steps.
• sre-postmortem-writeup -- Write a blameless postmortem with contributing factors and action items.
• sre-rca-five-whys -- Run a five-whys analysis to separate root cause from contributing factors.
• sre-runbook-draft -- Draft or improve a runbook: symptoms, checks, mitigations, and escalation.
• sre-status-update -- Draft stakeholder updates suitable for active incidents and outages.
• sre-timeline-from-logs -- Build a timeline from logs/events and highlight gaps and hypotheses.

Tech Lead: Align & Ship (tech-lead-align-and-ship)

Planning and alignment prompts for tech leads: turn requirements into scope, tradeoffs, technical direction, rollout steps, and team-ready communication.

• Pack file: packs/promptg-pack-tech-lead-align-and-ship.json

Prompts

• tech-lead-feature-brief -- Turn requirements into a brief with scope, non-goals, and acceptance criteria.
• tech-lead-rollout-plan -- Plan rollout and migration with observability, gating, and rollback.
• tech-lead-tech-design-outline -- Draft a technical design with options, tradeoffs, and open questions.

Templates

• tech-lead-adr -- Write an ADR capturing context, decision, and consequences.
• tech-lead-execution-plan -- Create an execution plan with milestones, sequencing, and dependencies.
• tech-lead-feature-brief -- Turn requirements into a brief with scope, non-goals, and acceptance criteria.
• tech-lead-rollout-plan -- Plan rollout and migration with observability, gating, and rollback.
• tech-lead-scope-tradeoffs -- Propose scope tradeoffs and phased delivery to hit constraints.
• tech-lead-team-message -- Produce a team update summarizing decisions, rationale, and next steps.
• tech-lead-tech-design-outline -- Draft a technical design with options, tradeoffs, and open questions.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

• PRs welcome for improvements to existing packs.
• Add community packs/tools in the PromptG ecosystem list: https://github.com/promptg/spec/blob/main/ECOSYSTEM.md#packs--templates