Prompt - Create Focused Task Prompt

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description: Create a focused prompt or prompt-version draft
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# Prompt - Create Focused Task Prompt

Generate a focused, well-structured prompt for a single task or draft a versioned prompt for the harness. For broad changes, use `/plan` first.

## Harness References

- Stage: `stages/03-prompt-design/`
- Registry: `prompts/registry.md`
- Planner prompt: `prompts/planner/v1.md`
- Reviewer prompt: `prompts/reviewer/v1.md`
- Eval: `evals/rubrics/agent-output-quality.md`
- Deployment overlay (optional): `_config/project-notes.md`

## Input: $ARGUMENTS

- Description of the prompt task
- Optional target agent, skill, model profile, output format, or prompt path

## What Makes a Focused Prompt Task

| Use `/prompt` | Use `/plan` instead |
|---------------|---------------------|
| Draft a prompt for one agent behavior | Redesign a full agent workflow |
| Create a one-off XML prompt | Implement multi-step integration |
| Improve required output sections | Add a new framework layer |
| Add safety constraints to one prompt | Compare several models across evals |
| Create a small prompt test case | Build a full eval suite |

## Process

### 1. Analyze Task

- Clarify scope and target agent or skill
- Identify model/profile assumptions if relevant
- Determine required output format
- Identify validation or eval criteria
- Ask clarifying questions when ambiguous

### 2. Generate Prompt

Create an XML-structured prompt for one-off use or a markdown prompt version for `prompts/<name>/vN.md`.