Installation

Install

Homebrew

brew install imdevan/prompter/prompter

AUR

yay -S prompter-cli

GitHub Releases

Download the latest binary from GitHub Releases:

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -L https://github.com/imdevan/prompter/releases/latest/download/prompter-darwin-arm64 -o prompter

# macOS (Intel)
curl -L https://github.com/imdevan/prompter/releases/latest/download/prompter-darwin-amd64 -o prompter

# Linux
curl -L https://github.com/imdevan/prompter/releases/latest/download/prompter-linux-amd64 -o prompter

chmod +x prompter
sudo mv prompter /usr/local/bin/

From Source

Requires Go 1.21+ and just:

git clone https://github.com/imdevan/prompter.git
cd prompter
just build
sudo just install

Verify Installation

prompter --version

Quick Start

Add a template:

prompter add question "This is a question. Do not generate code."

Generate your first prompt:

prompter -q "how can i debug this code?"

The prompt will be copied to your clipboard by default, ready to paste into your AI coding agent.

How It Works

Prompter builds a single prompt by combining your base request with reusable templates and real project context:

1. Load the index.md template if it exists
2. Apply selected templates in the order you pass them
3. Insert the base prompt where it appears in that order
4. Append files, directory contents, and piped input if provided

Interactive vs Non-Interactive

• Interactive mode (default) prompts for a base prompt and lets you select templates
• Non-interactive mode (--yes) uses flags and arguments only

To control the default, set interactive_default in your config.