PromptArchitect for VS Code

Prompt Lab — Craft, Polish, Execute. Your ideas, perfected.

🧠 NEW: Architect Mode — Autonomous Coding Agent

PromptArchitect 0.8.0+ introduces fully autonomous coding capabilities. It's not just a prompt tool anymore — it's your AI software engineer.

• Act Mode: Give a goal ("Refactor the login page"), and the Architect breaks it down, spawns sub-agents, and executes code changes.
• Plan Mode: Ask for a technical plan, and get a detailed implementation strategy before writing a single line of code.
• MCP Tools: Extensible tool registry powered by the Model Context Protocol.

⚡ Prompt Lab — 3-Step Workflow

Transform rough ideas into AI-ready prompts with our guided workflow:

| Step | Action | What Happens | |------|--------|--------------| | 1. Craft | Write your prompt | Express your intent, attach code/files | | 2. Polish | One-click refinement | Choose Clarity, Detail, Concise, or Technical | | 3. Execute | Send to AI agent | Get results instantly |

Look for the ⚡ icon in your Activity Bar to open Prompt Lab!

🎯 Zero Impact on Your AI Usage

PromptArchitect uses its own AI backend — your Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude usage is never touched.

| ✅ What We Do | ❌ What We DON'T Do | |--------------|-------------------| | Use our own Gemini API | Use your Copilot credits | | Process on our servers | Count against your AI quota | | Work instantly — no setup | Require any API key from you | | Keep your prompts private | Store or log your content |

💡 The Result: Unlimited prompt refinement without burning through your paid AI subscriptions.

✨ Features

⚡ Prompt Lab Panel

The complete prompt engineering workspace in your sidebar:

• 3-Step Workflow — Craft → Polish → Execute
• Smart Refinement — Four modes to perfect your prompts
• Context Attachments — Add code from editor or files
• Quick Actions — Refactor, Test, Improve, Debug shortcuts
• Chat History — Full conversation with export support

📁 Workspace Indexing

Index your workspace for context-aware prompt refinement:

• Smart Project Understanding — Automatically detects languages, frameworks, and patterns
• Context-Aware Refinement — Prompts refined with knowledge of your codebase
• Lightweight & Fast — Scans structure without reading all file contents
• Privacy-First — Index stored locally, never uploaded

| Status Bar | Meaning | |------------|---------| | $(database) Indexed | Workspace is indexed, ready for smart refinement | | $(database) Not indexed | Click to index for better context |

🤖 Agent Swarm & Tools

• Agent Swarm Panel: Monitor your active sub-agents as they work in parallel.
• Tool Registry: Manage MCP tools that give your agents new capabilities (CLI, Filesystem, Browser, etc.).
• Context Pinning: Pin critical files (📌) to ensure agents always have the right context.

🔧 Refinement Modes

| Mode | Icon | What It Does | |------|------|--------------| | Clarity | ✨ | Removes ambiguity, improves understanding | | Detail | 📝 | Adds specificity and requirements | | Concise | ✂️ | Shortens without losing meaning | | Technical | ⚙️ | Adds precision for developers |

🚀 Generate Prompts

Transform rough ideas into well-structured, actionable prompts optimized for AI assistants.

✏️ Refine Prompts

Iteratively improve existing prompts with targeted feedback. Select text, provide feedback, get refined results.

📊 Analyze Quality

Get instant quality scores and improvement suggestions for any prompt:

• Clarity — How clear are the instructions?
• Specificity — How specific are the requirements?
• Structure — How well-organized is the prompt?
• Actionability — How actionable is the output?

📚 Template Library

Choose from optimized templates:

• Coding — Programming & development tasks
• Writing — Content creation & copywriting
• Research — Investigation & discovery
• Analysis — Data & business analysis
• Fact Check — Verification & validation
• General — Versatile all-purpose template

Recent Updates (v0.8.1)

• Architect Mode: Fully autonomous agent capabilities with Plan & Act modes.
• Agent Swarm: Visualization of multi-agent tasks.
• MCP Integration: First-class support for Model Context Protocol tools.
• Context Pinning: Manual and automatic context management for agents.
• Fixes: Resolved local development API issues in 0.8.1.

🎯 Why PromptArchitect?

🔥 Your AI Credits Stay Untouched

Unlike tools that consume your GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude quota, PromptArchitect runs on our own infrastructure. Refine 100 prompts a day — your subscriptions won't notice.

| Feature | PromptArchitect | Other Tools | |---------|-----------------|-------------| | Uses Your AI Quota | ❌ Never | ✅ Every request | | API Key Required | ❌ No setup | ✅ Bring your own | | Unlimited Refinements | ✅ Yes | ❌ Quota limited | | 3-Step Workflow | ✅ Guided experience | ❌ No guidance | | Quality Scoring | ✅ Built-in | ❌ Not available | | Template Library | ✅ 6 optimized templates | ❌ Limited |

⚡ Quick Start

1. Install from VS Code Marketplace
2. Click the ⚡ icon in the Activity Bar (left sidebar)
3. Craft your prompt in the text area
4. Polish with one-click refinement (optional)
5. Execute and get AI-powered results!

🎹 Keyboard Shortcuts

| Action | Windows/Linux | Mac | |--------|--------------|-----| | Open Prompt Lab | Ctrl+Shift+C | Cmd+Shift+C | | Index Workspace | Ctrl+Shift+I | Cmd+Shift+I | | Execute Prompt | Enter | Enter | | New Line | Shift+Enter | Shift+Enter | | Generate Prompt | Ctrl+Shift+G | Cmd+Shift+G | | Refine Selection | Ctrl+Shift+R | Cmd+Shift+R | | Analyze Prompt | Ctrl+Shift+A | Cmd+Shift+A |

🔧 Commands

All commands available via Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P):

• PromptArchitect: Open Prompt Lab — Opens the Prompt Lab panel
• PromptArchitect: Index Workspace for Context — Index workspace for better refinement
• PromptArchitect: Clear Workspace Index — Clear the workspace index
• PromptArchitect: Generate Prompt from Idea
• PromptArchitect: Refine Selected Prompt
• PromptArchitect: Quick Refine Selection — Instantly refine selected text
• PromptArchitect: Analyze Prompt Quality
• PromptArchitect: Browse Prompt Templates

⚙️ Settings

| Setting | Default | Description | |---------|---------|-------------| | promptarchitect.defaultTemplate | general | Default template for generation | | promptarchitect.targetModel | general | Target AI model to optimize for | | promptarchitect.showStatusBar | true | Show status bar item | | promptarchitect.useWorkspaceContext | true | Include workspace context in refinements | | promptarchitect.autoPromptIndex | true | Auto-prompt to index when workspace not indexed |

🔒 Privacy & Usage

• 🚫 No API key required — We handle all AI processing on our servers
• 🚫 No impact on your AI subscriptions — Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude credits untouched
• 🚫 No prompts stored — Your content is processed and immediately discarded
• 🚫 No telemetry — We don't track your usage patterns, except tracking cost for internal billing & optimization

📝 Examples

The 3-Step Workflow in Action

Step 1 - Craft:

write a function to validate email addresses

Step 2 - Polish (Clarity mode):

Implement a robust email validation function that:
- Validates standard email format (RFC 5322)
- Handles international domain names
- Returns detailed validation result with error messages

Step 3 - Execute: AI responds with complete implementation including tests!

🔗 Related Products

| Product | Description | |---------|-------------| | PromptArchitect MCP | MCP server for Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf & more | | PromptArchitect Web | Full-featured web application |

🤝 Support

• Website
• Support
• GitHub Issues

📄 License

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