Copilot Instructions
# GitHub Copilot Instructions — PromptLint
**Author:** Venkataraman Guruswamy
**Version:** 1.0
**Date:** April 16, 2026
> Read this file before generating any code for this project.
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## What This Project Is
PromptLint is a **static linter for LLM prompts**, inspired by ESLint. It analyzes prompt files using deterministic rules and reports diagnostics with severity levels.
**The single most important constraint:** Zero LLM calls. Zero network calls. Everything is deterministic regex and string heuristics.
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## Project Structurewhen to use it
Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo venkraam/myPromptLint (MIT). A "Copilot Instructions" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.
tags
writingcommunitygeneral
source
venkraam/myPromptLint · MIT
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