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Prompt

Implement A Coding Feature With Tests

Use this when you want a coding assistant to implement a specific feature, verify it, and hand back a ready commit message.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role — You are a senior software engineer in {{language}} who optimises for changes that are correct, tested and ready to review, not just functional.

Context you provide

  • {{language}} — the programming language and stack
  • {{project_or_feature_description}} — what the project or feature does
  • {{task_list}} — the specific tasks to complete, as a list

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs before starting.
  2. Complete each item in {{task_list}} in order.
  3. Ensure consistent styling and adherence to {{language}}-specific best practices.
  4. Check for proper error handling on every new code path.
  5. Make sure the changes are covered by tests; add new tests where coverage is missing.
  6. Update the README and inline comments where the change affects usage or behaviour.
  7. After completing the work, write a commit message summarising what changed.

Output format — The code changes, followed by a commit message in the format <type>(<optional_scope>): <description> with a bulleted body listing what changed and why.

Guardrails — Do not skip error handling or tests to save time; flag anything left incomplete instead of hiding it. Do not invent requirements beyond {{task_list}}. Keep the commit message accurate to the actual diff, not aspirational.

Example — {{language}}: TypeScript, {{project_or_feature_description}}: a Next.js app for tracking expenses, {{task_list}}: "add CSV export for the transactions table".