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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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  ## Overview
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- RISE is a streamlined 4-component framework that exists in **two legitimate variants**, each serving different use cases. Both versions are well-documented in authoritative sources and provide effective prompt structuring.
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+ RISE is a streamlined 4-component framework for structuring prompts around a role, the material to work from, a process, and a target output. This skill supports two variants, described below. Both emit as a flat block of prose with their section headers stripped, so each slot must read on its own once its label is gone: the role and the process survive as sentences and an ordered list, while the material each variant works from lives inside a named slot — the pasted input for RISE-IE, the pasted reference samples for RISE-IX — rather than under a header that will be deleted.
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- **Important**: This skill supports BOTH variants. Selection guidance is provided below to help choose the right version for your task.
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+ **Origin:** Community convention with no identifiable originator and no academic basis. The dominant documented expansion is **Role, Input, Steps, Expectation** Fabio Vivas (fvivas.com); Juuzt.ai; Damien Griffin, "AI Quick Tips 111: Prompt Framework — R.I.S.E." (Thoughts Brewing, 17 December 2024). RISE's first appearance and original author could not be established. Not research-backed. Distinct from **RISEN** (Role, Instructions, Steps, End goal, Narrowing), which is a separate framework.
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+ ## Naming note — read before using this file
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+ **"RISE-IE" and "RISE-IX" are this skill's internal shorthand.** They are not established terminology, and no external source uses either term. Do not present them to users as standard vocabulary — say "the Input-Expectation form of RISE" instead.
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+ | Role, **Input**, Steps, **Expectation** | fvivas.com; juuzt.ai; thoughtsbrewing.com; promptfoundry.me | **Dominant form** — 4+ independent sources |
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+ | Role, **Instructions**, Steps, **Expectations** | promptwizz.com | Minority variant |
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+ | Role, **Instruction**, **Specifics**, **Examples** | aipromptsx.com | Minority variant — note S = Specifics, not Steps |
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+ | Role, Instructions, Steps, **Examples** | *none found* | **Unverified** — the pattern this file calls "RISE-IX" |
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+ **RISE-IX is this skill's own composition, not a documented variant.** It remains a sound prompt pattern — role + directive + method + worked examples is good practice — but it is presented here as our construction, not as an established framework.
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+ *Correction:* an earlier version of this file described both variants as "well-documented in authoritative sources." That was incorrect for RISE-IX. Of its three previously-cited sources: AiPromptsX defines S as "Specifics" rather than "Steps"; The Prompt Warrior documents RISEN and contains no RISE framework at all; and Thoughts Brewing documents the Input-Expectation form, making it a RISE-IE source. None supports Role/Instructions/Steps/Examples.
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+ **Provenance**: The documented community form. Sources: Fabio Vivas (fvivas.com); Juuzt.ai; Damien Griffin / Thoughts Brewing (17 December 2024).
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+ **Provenance**: This skill's own composition — no external source documents this exact expansion. The nearest published forms are Role/Instructions/Steps/**Expectations** (promptwizz.com) and Role/Instruction/**Specifics**/Examples (aipromptsx.com). Use as a house pattern; do not cite it as an established framework.
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+ - "You are a content editor who works with long-form drafts."
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+ - "Take the perspective of a UX researcher who reads raw session logs."
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