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Engineering · Skill

Prompt Optimizer

Creates, optimizes, and iteratively refines agent prompts, system prompts, developer prompts, and reusable prompt templates. Use when asked to improve a prompt, optimize a system prompt, rewrite an agent prompt, tune prompt wording, make a prompt more reliable, port prompts between OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini, or build prompt evals.

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What the skill covers

The sections of its instructions, in order.

  1. 01 Load Only What You Need
  2. 02 Step 1: Capture Contract
  3. 03 Step 2: Inventory External Context
  4. 04 Step 3: Choose Model Strategy
  5. 05 Step 4: Shape Prompt
  6. 06 Step 5: Optimize
  7. 07 Step 6: Return Package
  8. 08 Failure Modes

Reference files

6 files Phở can open while it uses the skill.

  • SOURCES.md
  • SPEC.md
  • references/core-patterns.md
  • references/meta-optimization-loop.md
  • references/model-family-notes.md
  • references/transformed-examples.md

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Frequently asked questions

What does Prompt Optimizer do?

Creates, optimizes, and iteratively refines agent prompts, system prompts, developer prompts, and reusable prompt templates. Use when asked to improve a prompt, optimize a system prompt, rewrite an agent prompt, tune prompt wording, make a prompt more reliable, port prompts between OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini, or build prompt evals.

Is Prompt Optimizer free to use?

Yes. Prompt Optimizer is published by Sentry under the Apache 2.0 licence, and you can use it with a free Phở account.

How do I use Prompt Optimizer in Phở?

Press Open in Phở, then Try to apply it to your next message, or add the Sentry engineering practices set so Phở loads it whenever a request matches.

Does Prompt Optimizer need other tools?

No. It works in a normal Phở chat with what you type or upload.

Copied unchanged from getsentry/skills at commit 0c464f4 and credited to Sentry, who is not affiliated with Phở. The full instructions and licence text ship with the skill inside Phở.