Template Design Skill for ChatGPT: Define Prompt Variables and Defaults
Turn a repeated request into a reusable prompt with fixed instructions, typed slots, conditional sections, and explicit missing-value behavior.
中文Install in ChatGPT
Use an eligible ChatGPT workspace with permission to create skills and, for uploads, upload permission. The installation path for this text-only adaptation was checked against OpenAI documentation. Workspace runtime verification is pending.
- Download claude-plugin/prompt-architecture/skills/template-design/SKILL.md from the pinned GitHub source. Keep the name, description, and instructions for template-design together as a standalone text skill.
- In a ChatGPT workspace with skills and uploads enabled, open Plugins, Skills, Create, and Upload from your computer. Choose a skill package format accepted by the file picker. You can also choose Create with editor and enter the original name, description, and instructions.
- After the scan completes, check that template-design appears in Installed. Type @ in a new chat, select the skill, and use the fictional example on this page to check the output.
Example task
Design an exhibition blurb template. Require the exhibit name, default audience to adults with families as the other choice, and accept up to three highlights. Test one fictional input with a name and one without it.What to check
The named case renders the intended blurb and drops the empty highlights block. The unnamed case asks for the missing exhibit name while retaining the same rules and defaults.
Original SKILL.md on GitHub · Updated
Frequently asked question
Which values make good defaults?
Default a low-risk preference such as intended audience. Require variables that determine factual claims and ask for them when absent.