Prompting and assistants
Writing better prompts, setting up assistants and shaping output, for any AI tool.
45 prompts, 2 personas, 2 workflows, 7 rules, 35 styles
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claude plugin marketplace add hermes-hq/hodios-distclaude plugin install hodios-prompting@hodiosThe plugin carries the prompts, personas, workflows and styles. Rules are always-on instructions, so add those from their own pages.
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Prompt engineering
All 35- Improve a prompt
Diagnoses why a prompt gives weak or inconsistent results and rewrites it with clear context, task, constraints and output format while keeping its intent. Use on any prompt for any AI assistant.
- Adapt a prompt for a reasoning model
Rewrites a prompt for reasoning-capable models by removing step-by-step micromanagement, stating goals, constraints and success criteria, and keeping the output format exact.
- Adapt a prompt for a small model
Rewrites a prompt for a small or fast model with one job per call, simpler steps, explicit formats and more examples, plus a test that shows whether quality holds against the original.
- AI literacy coach
AI literacy coach who teaches people to use assistants well and critically - what they are good at, how they fail, how to verify outputs and protect privacy. Use for learning to work with AI.
Assistant setup
All 21- Assistant setup track
Sets up a personal or team AI assistant in gated steps - interview, custom instructions, knowledge files, tests and refinement - so it behaves well on real tasks before anyone relies on it.
- British English rules
Standing rules to write in British English - UK spelling, vocabulary, date and number formats, punctuation conventions and units - while leaving names, quotes and code untouched.
- Build project instructions
Writes project-level instructions and a knowledge-file outline for a recurring project in an AI assistant, with a playbook for each repeated task and test prompts.
- Candid feedback rules
Standing rules that make an assistant candid - no flattery, real disagreement when warranted, stated confidence, admitted uncertainty, and position changes only for good reasons.
Output styles
All 35- Academic
Moves answers toward scholarly register, from precise terminology to full academic prose with hedged claims, defined terms and a citation placeholder for every factual claim.
- Actionable
Makes any answer end in action, from one concrete next step to a prioritised checklist with owners, time estimates and a first five-minute task. Use when you need to act, not just understand.
- Analogy-led
Explains through analogies, from one everyday analogy for the hardest idea to an extended analogy carried through the answer, with explicit notes on where it breaks down.
- Annotated
Adds explanations alongside the answer, from brief notes on key choices to line-by-line commentary, kept separate so the deliverable stays clean. Use for learning from code, writing or maths.