Agent Prompt Templates
These prompt shapes are derived from the formal doc system.
1. Orientation Prompt
Use at session start.
Include:
- current branch
- authoritative docs
- current milestone/tranche
- what is already known
- immediate objective
- constraints
- output shape
Template
You are working in the ICN repository.
Read first:
- docs-system spec
- INDEX
- STATE
- ARCHITECTURE
- relevant registry or targeted docs
Current branch: Current milestone: Known truth: Immediate objective: Non-goals: Required output:
Do not start implementation until you can summarize current truth accurately.
2. Discovery Prompt
Use when truth is unclear.
Template
You are in Discovery Mode.
Question to resolve: Relevant paths: Evidence required: What not to do yet: Required output headings:
- Current truth
- Conflicts or ambiguity
- Candidate resolution paths
- Recommended next artifact
Do not modify files yet.
3. Tranche Prompt
Use when work is bounded.
Template
You are in Delivery Mode.
Tranche goal: Smallest safe scope: Non-goals: Files allowed to change: Verification required: Stop condition:
Do not widen scope.
4. Continuation / Review Prompt
Use after a prior session, transcript, or PR.
Template
Continue from the current state.
Already completed: Still open: Top pressure point: What should not be reopened: Next bounded tranche: Required deliverable:
Begin by re-confirming current truth before making changes.