Prompt Builder — Development skill for Claude Code

prompt-builder

Terminal prompt builder for composing a prompt before handing it to Pi, Codex, or Claude Code.

`prompt-builder` opens a small Ratatui composer with skill lookup, Codex-like paste handling, optional conversation naming, launch targets (profiles) for multiple Pi, Codex, and Claude Code profiles, and a generic handoff mode for shell workflows.

Install

Requirements:

• Rust toolchain from rustup; this repo pins Rust 1.95.0.
• Pi CLI on PATH for the default submission target.
• Codex and Claude Code CLIs are optional when using those targets.

Private GitHub install:

cargo install --git ssh://git@github.com/johnlindquist/prompt-builder.git --locked

Public HTTPS install, once the repo is public:

cargo install --git https://github.com/johnlindquist/prompt-builder.git --locked

Local development install:

git clone git@github.com:johnlindquist/prompt-builder.git
cd prompt-builder
cargo install --path . --locked

The installed binary is `prompt-builder`. If you want the short local command `p`, add an alias or symlink:

alias p=prompt-builder
ln -sf ~/.cargo/bin/prompt-builder ~/.cargo/bin/p

Safety

By default, submitted prompts launch Pi with its normal interactive behavior:

pi 

Pi does not add a permission-bypass flag; use Pi's own isolation, trust, and extension settings for the safety policy you want. Explicit Codex targets launch with `--dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox`, and Claude targets launch:

claude --dangerously-skip-permissions -- 

Only use these launchers in directories where you are comfortable letting the selected agent modify files and run commands.

Before launching an agent, inspect what would run:

prompt-builder --dry-run --print-command "hello"
PROMPT_BUILDER_PI_BIN=/bin/echo prompt-builder --submit "hello"

For scripts that should avoid parsing shell-quoted command text, print the raw launch manifest:

prompt-buil