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PromptScript API


Interface: PromptScriptConfig

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:103

PromptScript configuration file (promptscript.yaml).

Properties

customConventions?

optional customConventions?: Record\<string, OutputConvention>

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:261

Custom convention definitions. Register custom conventions that can be referenced by name in targets.


description?

optional description?: string

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:111

Project description


extends?

optional extends?: string

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:118

Extend another configuration file. Paths are resolved relative to the current config file.

Example

extends: '../base-config.yaml'

formatting?

optional formatting?: FormattingConfig

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:242

Formatting configuration. Controls how generated markdown files are formatted.

Example

formatting:
  prettier: true  # Auto-detect .prettierrc

formatting:
  tabWidth: 4
  proseWrap: always

id

id: string

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:105

Project identifier


includePromptScriptSkill?

optional includePromptScriptSkill?: boolean

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:285

Include the bundled PromptScript language skill in compilation output. When enabled, the SKILL.md that teaches AI agents how to work with .prs files is automatically added to each target's native skill directory.

Default

true

inherit?

optional inherit?: string

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:121

Inheritance path


input?

optional input?: object

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:127

Input file configuration. Controls which PromptScript files to compile.

entry?

optional entry?: string

Entry file path (defaults to '.promptscript/project.prs')

exclude?

optional exclude?: string[]

Glob patterns for files to exclude

include?

optional include?: string[]

Glob patterns for additional files to include


output?

optional output?: object

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:222

Output configuration. Global output settings applied to all targets.

baseDir?

optional baseDir?: string

Base directory for all output files

optional header?: string

Custom header to prepend to generated files

overwrite?

optional overwrite?: boolean

Whether to overwrite existing files without warning


policies?

optional policies?: PolicyDefinition[]

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:299

Extension compliance policies


registries?

optional registries?: RegistriesConfig

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:201

Named registry aliases for multi-source imports. Maps alias names to Git repository URLs. Coexists with registry — aliases take precedence for matching paths.


registry?

optional registry?: object

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:137

Registry configuration

auth?

optional auth?: object

Authentication for HTTP registries

auth.token?

optional token?: string

Token for bearer auth, or "username:password" for basic auth

auth.tokenEnvVar?

optional tokenEnvVar?: string

Environment variable containing the token (alternative to token)

auth.type

type: "bearer" | "basic"

Authentication type

cache?

optional cache?: object

Cache settings

cache.enabled?

optional enabled?: boolean

Whether caching is enabled

cache.ttl?

optional ttl?: number

Cache TTL in milliseconds

git?

optional git?: object

Git repository configuration. When specified, the registry will be cloned from a Git repository.

git.auth?

optional auth?: object

Authentication options for private repositories

git.auth.sshKeyPath?

optional sshKeyPath?: string

Path to SSH key (for SSH auth).

Default
'~/.ssh/id_rsa'
git.auth.token?

optional token?: string

Personal access token (for token auth)

git.auth.tokenEnvVar?

optional tokenEnvVar?: string

Environment variable containing the token

git.auth.type

type: "token" | "ssh"

Authentication type. - 'token': Use a personal access token (PAT) - 'ssh': Use SSH key authentication

git.path?

optional path?: string

Subdirectory within the repository to use as registry root.

Example
'registry/'
git.ref?

optional ref?: string

Git ref to checkout (branch, tag, or commit hash).

Default
'main'
git.url

url: string

Git repository URL (HTTPS or SSH)

path?

optional path?: string

Local path to registry

url?

optional url?: string

Remote URL (HTTP registry)


syntax

syntax: string

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:108

PromptScript syntax version


targets

targets: TargetEntry[]

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:255

Output targets.

Can be simple names or objects with configuration:

Example

targets:
  - github
  - claude:
      convention: markdown
      output: custom/CLAUDE.md

universalDir?

optional universalDir?: string | boolean

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:277

Universal directory for auto-discovering skills and commands. Skills are discovered from <universalDir>/skills/ and commands from <universalDir>/commands/.

  • true or omitted: Use default .agents/ directory
  • false: Disable universal directory discovery
  • string: Custom path (relative to project root)

Default

'.agents'

Example

universalDir: true           # Use .agents/ (default)
universalDir: '.my-agents'   # Custom directory
universalDir: false          # Disable

validation?

optional validation?: object

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:288

Validation settings

guardRequiresDepth?

optional guardRequiresDepth?: number

Maximum depth for recursive guard requires resolution. Default: 3. Must be >= 1. Values <= 0 are clamped to 1 by the resolver.

requiredGuards?

optional requiredGuards?: string[]

rules?

optional rules?: Record\<string, "error" | "warning" | "off">


watch?

optional watch?: object

Defined in: core/src/types/config.ts:207

Watch mode configuration. Settings for prs compile --watch.

clearScreen?

optional clearScreen?: boolean

Clear screen before each recompilation

debounce?

optional debounce?: number

Debounce time in milliseconds before recompiling

exclude?

optional exclude?: string[]

Glob patterns for files to ignore

include?

optional include?: string[]

Glob patterns for files to watch (defaults to '**/*.prs')