# meta-prompt

A skill with meta-prompting templates that critique model responses, walk through a solution path and give it a score. Handy when you need to check answer quality.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 691 installs · ★ 286
- Author: Mindrally
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Mindrally/skills/tree/HEAD/meta-prompt/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/meta-prompt

## What it does

The skill ships ready-made templates for judging responses and solution paths. The first one, Response Quality Evaluator, asks the model to write reflections on the answer, assign a score from 0 to 10 and flag whether the task was fully solved. Criteria are plain: accuracy, completeness, clarity, conciseness, relevance.

The second block, Question-Answering Trajectory Analyzer, breaks a solution into observations, thoughts and actions. Actions are written as `Search[entity]`, `Lookup[keyword]` and `Finish[answer]`. It analyses a trajectory you already have; it does not invent extra steps. Correctness is scored from 1 to 10.

There are also prompting patterns inside: chain of thought, few-shot, self-consistency and reflection prompts for self-critique. Everything lives in `SKILL.md` as text instructions, no scripts and no external dependencies. That matters if you run an agent over many tasks and want one consistent way to check the results instead of eyeballing them.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Mindrally/skills --skill meta-prompt -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/meta-prompt/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/meta-prompt/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Mindrally/skills --skill meta-prompt -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/meta-prompt/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Mindrally/skills --skill meta-prompt -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/meta-prompt/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Mindrally/skills meta-prompt
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/meta-prompt/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Mindrally/skills --skill meta-prompt -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Mindrally/skills --path meta-prompt
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/meta-prompt/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Mindrally/skills --skill meta-prompt -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Mindrally/skills/tree/HEAD/meta-prompt/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- score a model response on one consistent scale
- trace how a task was solved step by step
- spot gaps and errors in a finished answer
- compare several candidate answers side by side
- make the model critique its own output

## Example prompts
- score this response against the skill criteria
- analyze the solution trajectory and rate its correctness
- review your answer for gaps and unclear parts

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: meta-prompt
description: Meta-prompting framework for critiquing responses, analyzing solution trajectories, and evaluating AI-generated content quality
metadata:
  maintainer: Mindrally
  source: https://github.com/Mindrally/skills
---

# Meta-Prompt

A collection of meta-prompting techniques for evaluating and analyzing AI responses and solution paths.

## Response Quality Evaluator

A framework for critiquing and reflecting on the quality of responses, providing a score and indicating whether the response has fully solved the question or task.

### Evaluation Fields

**Reflections**: The critique and reflections on the sufficiency, superfluency, and general quality of the response.

**Score**: Score from 0-10 on the quality of the candidate response.

**Found_solution**: Whether the response has fully solved the question or task.

### Evaluation Criteria

When evaluating responses, consider the following:

1. **Accuracy**: Does the response correctly address the question or task?
2. **Completeness**: Does it cover all aspects of the question or task?
3. **Clarity**: Is the response clear and easy to understand?
4. **Conciseness**: Is the response appropriately concise without sacrificing important details?
5. **Relevance**: Does the response stay focused on the question or task at hand?

Provide thoughtful reflections on these aspects and any other relevant factors. Use the score to indicate the overall quality, and set found_solution to true only if the response fully addresses the question or completes the task.

### Example Usage

```
reflections: "The response was clear and concise, addressing the main question effectively. However, it could have provided more context on edge cases."
score: 8
found_solution: true
```

## Question-Answering Trajectory Analyzer

Guidelines for analyzing solution paths to question-answering tasks.

### Trajectory Components

**Observations**: Environmental information about the current situation that provides context for decision-making.

**Thoughts**: Reasoning about the current situation, analyzing what has been observed and planning next steps.

**Actions**: The steps taken to progress toward solving the task.

### Action Types

**Search[entity]**: Searches for the exact entity and returns relevant information if the entity exists. If not, returns suggestions for similar entities.

**Lookup[keyword]**: Returns the next relevant passage that contains the keyword. Used for finding specific information within retrieved content.

**Finish[answer]**: Returns the answer and finishes the task. Used when sufficient information has been gathered to provide a definitive response.

### Analysis Guidelines

When analyzing a trajectory:

1. Evaluate whether each observation provides useful information
2. Assess if thoughts demonstrate logical reasoning
3. Determine if actions are appropriate given the current state
4. Score the trajectory correctness from 1-10
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