If you’re constantly repeating prompts, you’re doing too much. In this video, Reynald introduces Prompt Files in VS Code and shows how to create reusable prompts for repeatable workflows like quizzing your codebase or simplifying code.

Instead of rewriting the same instructions over and over, you’ll learn how to define prompts once and reuse them instantly across projects and teams.

See full series playlist: https://aka.ms/vsc-learn

🔎 Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Prompt Files
00:14 What are Prompt Files 
00:39 Demo - using prompt file quiz-open-files
02:42 Creating a new prompt file
03:57 Modifying our prompt file
04:26 Simplify and reduce bloated code
01:20 Why Prompt Files matter
05:14 In summary
05:26 Learn more

🔗 Links: 
https://aka.ms/prompt-files
https://aka.ms/AwesomeGC

🎙️ Featuring: Reynald Adolphe

#vscode #githubcopilot #ai #programming #promptengineering

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Prompt files are reusable markdown files that store instructions for AI chat sessions in VS Code with GitHub Copilot. Instead of retyping complex prompts repeatedly, you define them once and invoke them with a slash command. The video demonstrates creating a prompt file to quiz you on open code files and another to simplify bloated code, showing how to scope them at workspace or user level for reuse across projects.

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