Show HN: Free AI Prompt Gen – A local-first, open-source prompt engineering tool
A new open-source, local-first tool has been released to help users craft better AI prompts using structured frameworks like RTF and CO-STAR. The tool aims to demystify prompt engineering by providing a rule-based interface rather than a black-box AI wrapper.
Why it matters
As AI adoption grows, improving prompt quality is essential for users to get accurate, reliable results from large language models.
A rule-based prompt engineering wizard that teaches you why each field matters — not a black box that wraps an AI call.
See an example Step 1 Pick your goal. ✍️ Writing Blog posts, emails, stories, docs 💻 Coding Debug, write, review, explain code 🎨 Image Gen AI art prompts, product photos 🎥 Video Gen Sora, Runway, AI video prompts 📊 Data Analysis, SQL, visualization 🔬 Research Papers, literature, concepts 📢 Marketing Ads, landing pages, social posts ⚙️ Custom Build from scratch Framework ? RTF · Role—Task—Format CO-STAR · Context—Objective—Style—Tone—Audience—Response TAG · Task—Action—Goal APE · Action—Purpose—Expectation The simplest and most versatile framework. Define who the AI should be, what it should do, and how it should format the answer.
Clean labeled sections — works well with any AI model.
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