boost-prompt Skill for Claude: Turn a Rough Request Into a Clear Prompt

Asks you questions about a rough task, then writes a clearer prompt for you and copies it to your clipboard.

Installs: 9.8K; on skills.sh
Stars: 40.7K; on GitHub
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

This skill turns Claude into a prompt editor. It asks about scope, deliverables, success criteria and technical requirements, can explore your project with the tools it has, and organizes the answers into a clear prompt. SKILL.md says not to write any code.

When the prompt is ready, the skill puts it in the chat and on the system clipboard, then asks if you want changes. Both the questions and the clipboard step use Joyride, a VS Code extension: SKILL.md says it requires Joyride and names its joyride_request_human_input tool and a short Clojure snippet. Those two steps name Joyride tools.

Good for

Developers who want a better prompt before handing a big task to an AI
VS Code users who already run the Joyride extension
Anyone who wants help scoping a task before any code is written

Install boost-prompt

Claude Code

1
Download the skill folder from https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/HEAD/skills/boost-prompt.
2
Put it at ~/.claude/skills/boost-prompt/ so that SKILL.md sits directly inside.
3
Start a new session; the skill loads when its description matches the task.

Needs the Joyride extension in VS Code, so there is no Claude app upload tab.

Built from the package data we hold. Not yet tested by us.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Interactive prompt refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints; copies final markdown to clipboard; never writes code. Requires the Joyride extension.

Key facts

Author: github/awesome-copilot (repo owner)
License: MIT (from the crawl data)
Installs on skills.sh: 9,803 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 40,666 for the whole repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 30, 2026
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md (no scripts)
Needs: The Joyride extension for VS Code (SKILL.md: "Requires the Joyride extension")

What it includes

Asks you specific questions about the task
SKILL.md tells the agent to ask for clarification with the joyride_request_human_input tool whenever it needs details.
Read · Ask clarifying questions
Looks around the project with available tools
The agent may use whichever tools it has to explore the project and understand the task better.
Files · Explore the project
Pins down what done looks like
The agent works out the expected deliverables, success criteria and technical or procedural requirements with you.
Define deliverables and success criteria
Writes the prompt as clear sections or steps
The agent turns the answers into a markdown prompt split into clear sections or steps.
Organize the prompt
Puts the final prompt on your clipboard (Joyride)
The agent runs a short Clojure snippet through Joyride that calls vscode/env.clipboard.writeText, and also prints the prompt in the chat.
Runs code · Copy to clipboard
Asks if you want changes, then repeats the copy
After each revision the agent copies the new prompt, prints it and asks again.
Offer revisions

From the official docs

Permissions

Low risk

The skill puts text on your clipboard by running a short Joyride snippet inside your editor. Read the prompt it produces before you paste it into another tool.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

It runs code in your editor through Joyride
SKILL.md has the agent run a Clojure snippet that writes the prompt to the clipboard. Check the clipboard text before pasting it elsewhere. github.com

Technical details

Turning on read-only	SKILL.md has no read-only mode.
Scopes	Writes the final prompt to your system clipboard through Joyride May explore your project with the tools the agent has

Questions

What does the boost-prompt skill do?

It helps you write a better task prompt. The agent asks questions about scope, deliverables and constraints, then writes the improved prompt as markdown and copies it to your clipboard. SKILL.md says it must not write any code.

Does boost-prompt need the Joyride extension?

Yes. The skill description says it requires the Joyride extension. SKILL.md uses Joyride to ask you questions and to write to the clipboard.

Does boost-prompt work in Claude Code?

You can put the skill folder in Claude Code. Its question and clipboard steps name Joyride tools and a VS Code clipboard call, and SKILL.md names no other client or setup. Those steps only work where Joyride is available.

How do I install boost-prompt?

Use the install box at the top of this page. There is no Claude app upload tab, because the skill depends on a VS Code extension.

Is boost-prompt safe to install?

It bundles no scripts. When you use it, the agent runs a short Clojure snippet through Joyride that writes the final prompt to your system clipboard, and it may explore your project with whatever tools it has. Review what is on the clipboard before you paste it somewhere else.

Is boost-prompt made by GitHub?

It lives in github/awesome-copilot, a community collection hosted by GitHub. The page lists the repo owner as author; SKILL.md does not name a person.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: github/awesome-copilot
Folder: skills/boost-prompt

github/awesome-copilot skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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skills/boost-prompt/SKILL.md · github.com