@ckelsoe/prompt-architect 3.2.2 → 3.4.0

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  1. package/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json +3 -3
  2. package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +2 -2
  3. package/CHANGELOG.md +135 -5
  4. package/MIGRATION.md +1 -1
  5. package/README.md +32 -47
  6. package/adapters/README.md +1 -1
  7. package/adapters/system-prompt.md +115 -59
  8. package/package.json +5 -4
  9. package/scripts/install.js +52 -22
  10. package/scripts/test.js +88 -40
  11. package/scripts/validate-skill.js +184 -56
  12. package/skills/prompt-architect/SKILL.md +94 -79
  13. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/ape_template.txt +14 -3
  14. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/bab_template.txt +23 -10
  15. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/broke_template.txt +31 -6
  16. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/cai-critique-revise_template.txt +16 -8
  17. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/care_template.txt +4 -0
  18. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/chain-of-density_template.txt +64 -35
  19. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/chain-of-thought_template.txt +8 -0
  20. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/co-star_template.txt +8 -0
  21. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/crispe_template.txt +6 -0
  22. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/ctf_template.txt +8 -0
  23. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/devils-advocate_template.txt +7 -0
  24. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/hybrid_template.txt +44 -24
  25. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/iterative-compression_template.txt +74 -0
  26. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/least-to-most_template.txt +4 -0
  27. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/plan-and-solve_template.txt +4 -0
  28. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/pre-mortem_template.txt +24 -14
  29. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/race_template.txt +9 -0
  30. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/rcot_template.txt +8 -0
  31. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/react_template.txt +38 -16
  32. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/rise-ie_template.txt +4 -0
  33. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/rise-ix_template.txt +3 -3
  34. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/risen_template.txt +7 -0
  35. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/rpef_template.txt +16 -11
  36. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/rtf_template.txt +9 -0
  37. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/skeleton-of-thought_template.txt +18 -10
  38. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/step-back_template.txt +4 -0
  39. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/tidd-ec_template.txt +54 -31
  40. package/skills/prompt-architect/assets/templates/tree-of-thought_template.txt +37 -21
  41. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/ape.md +145 -57
  42. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/bab.md +139 -58
  43. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/broke.md +157 -57
  44. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/cai-critique-revise.md +184 -76
  45. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/care.md +67 -36
  46. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/chain-of-density.md +111 -417
  47. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/chain-of-thought.md +45 -19
  48. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/co-star.md +102 -44
  49. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/crispe.md +7 -5
  50. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/ctf.md +75 -37
  51. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/devils-advocate.md +105 -58
  52. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/iterative-compression.md +448 -0
  53. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/least-to-most.md +35 -13
  54. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/plan-and-solve.md +38 -9
  55. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/pre-mortem.md +182 -72
  56. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/race.md +93 -38
  57. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/rcot.md +1 -1
  58. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/react.md +230 -97
  59. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/reverse-role.md +23 -16
  60. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/rise.md +120 -77
  61. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/risen.md +82 -28
  62. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/rpef.md +227 -58
  63. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/rtf.md +4 -2
  64. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/self-refine.md +4 -2
  65. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/skeleton-of-thought.md +68 -22
  66. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/step-back.md +48 -16
  67. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/tidd-ec.md +129 -51
  68. package/skills/prompt-architect/references/frameworks/tree-of-thought.md +112 -37
  69. package/skills/prompt-architect/scripts/framework_analyzer.py +0 -807
  70. package/skills/prompt-architect/scripts/prompt_evaluator.py +0 -336
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+ ## [3.4.0] - 2026-07-22
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+ This release makes the **emission contract** explicit and consistent across the whole skill. When Prompt Architect delivers the final prompt, framework section headers (`CONTEXT:`, `ROLE:`, `BEFORE:`, …) are stripped — the user pastes a flat block of prose with no labels. Previously the framework docs and templates were written as if those headers would survive, so slots that were bare fragments ("meeting summary", "busy professionals") lost their meaning once the header was removed. Every framework now carries its own meaning in prose.
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+ - **All 28 framework reference docs rewritten for the emission contract.** Each Overview now states how the framework emits; each component's guidance says whether its slot must be a complete sentence or ships inside a carrier sentence; and every Complete Example is shown in emitted form — with the `SOURCE MATERIAL` block, "the … above" references, and at least one from-scratch variant showing the block deleted. Origin/citation facts were preserved verbatim throughout.
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+ - **Publishing was broken before this release and would have failed for any version.** `.github/workflows/publish.yml` pinned Node 20 while running `npm install -g npm@latest`; once npm 12 shipped (requiring `^22.22.2 || ^24.15.0 || >=26`), that step failed with `EBADENGINE` before the publish ran. The workflow now uses Node 24. This is why 3.3.0 has no published artifact — its tag exists, but the release never completed.
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+ - **Chain of Density is now the real method.** `chain-of-density.md` was rewritten around entity densification at *fixed* length, scoped to summarization, and cited to Adams et al., "From Sparse to Dense" (arXiv 2309.04269, NewSum @ EMNLP 2023). The previous content described generic progressive shortening — the opposite of the published technique, which holds length constant.
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