claude-dev-env 1.8.2 → 1.10.0
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- package/hooks/HOOK_SPECS_PROMPT_WORKFLOW.md +2 -2
- package/hooks/blocking/prompt-workflow-stop-guard.py +114 -73
- package/hooks/blocking/prompt_workflow_gate_core.py +2 -2
- package/hooks/blocking/test_prompt_workflow_stop_guard.py +4 -13
- package/package.json +1 -1
- package/skills/prompt-generator/REFERENCE.md +49 -1
- package/skills/prompt-generator/REFINEMENT_PIPELINE_RUNBOOK.md +2 -2
- package/skills/prompt-generator/SKILL.md +176 -238
- package/skills/prompt-generator/TARGET_OUTPUT.md +104 -0
- package/skills/prompt-generator/evals/prompt-generator.json +123 -0
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from __future__ import annotations
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from prompt_workflow_gate_core import (
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PROMPT_GATE_LOG_PATH: Path = Path.home() / ".claude" / "logs" / "prompt-gate.log"
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USER_FACING_PREFIX: str = "[prompt-gate]"
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def _extract_user_context(hook_input: dict) -> str:
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def _append_diagnostic_to_log(brief_label: str, full_reason: str) -> None:
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PROMPT_GATE_LOG_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
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timestamp_iso = datetime.datetime.now().isoformat()
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log_entry = f"{timestamp_iso}\t{brief_label}\t{full_reason}\n"
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with PROMPT_GATE_LOG_PATH.open("a", encoding="utf-8") as log_handle:
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"systemMessage": f"{USER_FACING_PREFIX} {brief_label}",
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Use this scope block as the grounding contract for all generated instructions. Express work in artifact-bound terms (paths, globs, comparisons, measurable completion checks). All five keys are required—if any are missing, stop and obtain the values (via AskUserQuestion or `<open_question>`) before drafting; do not ship a final fence without a complete scope block.
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**Emotion-informed framing.** Anthropic's emotion concepts research (2026) shows that internal activation patterns causally influence output quality. Apply: explicit success criteria with "say so if you're unsure" as an accepted answer; collaborative language ("help figure out", "work on this together"); framing tasks as interesting problems rather than chores; constructive, forward-looking tone. Cross-model caveat: studied on Sonnet 4.5; the patterns align with Anthropic's prompting best practices independently. Full pattern catalog and citations: `packages/claude-dev-env/docs/emotion-informed-prompt-design.md`.
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"prompt": "[Preceded by 80+ turns: failed git push, hook debugging, unrelated Samsung portal discussion, Python tracebacks, Midjourney tangent, 15+ empty Grep results] /prompt-generator Write a system prompt for a code review agent that checks for security vulnerabilities",
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"prompt": "/prompt-generator Create a prompt for an agent that traces a routing bug across shared_utils/export_handler.py, orchestrator.py, and download_manager.py — find where extract_apk is called and whether it handles APK signature check failures",
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"name": "fenced_block_closes_cleanly",
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"scenario": "Structural invariant B (Issue #41 Eval B)",
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"prompt": "/prompt-generator Write a detailed agent-harness prompt for a TDD bug-fix workflow that traces a routing error across 5+ files, with state management for multi-window execution and structured test tracking",
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"Every XML tag properly opened and closed",
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"scenario": "Structural invariant C (Issue #41 Eval C)",
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"prompt": "/prompt-generator Create a prompt for an agent that refactors the Samsung theme scoring pipeline — but I'm not sure if the scoring logic is in theme_scorer.py or distributed across multiple files",
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"name": "no_mid_artifact_hedging",
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"scenario": "Structural invariant D (Issue #41 Eval D)",
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"prompt": "/prompt-generator Write a comprehensive agent prompt for migrating all 12 Samsung portal automation scripts from hardcoded selectors to centralized config, covering full test suite update",
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"Zero instances of 'let me also check', 'actually', 'one more consideration' inside fenced block",
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"No tentative language ('might be', 'possibly', 'I think') in instructions or constraints",
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"All uncertainty expressed as <open_question> tags, not inline hedges",
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