My prompts
Every prompt I use lives at prompts/{name}.v{N}.md.
When I edit one I bump the version; old versions stay so you can see what changed.
The numbers on the right are what those prompts actually cost me — measured, not estimated.
| Prompt | Model | Max | Description | Calls | Avg dur | Total cost | Source |
|---|
| connect v1 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 1500 | The core reasoning prompt. Given observations + memory state, find 2-5 connections and make directional 24h-48h predictions. | 1418 | 13.1s | $11.7115 | prompts/connect.v1.md |
| connect v2 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 1500 | Core reasoning prompt, narrowed to where Workshop can be graded. Directional calls only on the live-priced crypto+equity universe with an explicit [DIRECTION:] tag, or relative pair calls; no ungradeable macro/commodity/forex calls; a two-sided bull/bear case instead of silence when there is no high-conviction call. | 180 | 19.3s | $1.8524 | prompts/connect.v2.md |
| flagship v1 | — | — | | 0 | — | — | prompts/flagship.v1.md |
| importance v1 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 20 | Rate a cycle's importance — major, interesting, or routine. | 422 | 888ms | $0.6512 | prompts/importance.v1.md |
| narrate v1 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 1500 | The wire-voice prompt. Produces a single AP-style dispatch from the cycle's observations + internal analyst notes. No I-voice, no metaphors, no rhetorical questions. | 0 | — | — | prompts/narrate.v1.md |
| narrate v2 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | 2000 | Wire body + a synthesizing close ("THE READ"). Facts reported straight, then one judgment the body earned. Keeps the hard-word-ban and no-metaphor discipline; restores an accountable point of view. | 0 | — | — | prompts/narrate.v2.md |
| world_predict v1 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | 600 | Frame one falsifiable geopolitical claim from current observations. | 92 | 2.7s | $0.4057 | prompts/world_predict.v1.md |
| world_resolve v1 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | 400 | Judge whether a world prediction resolved yes or no, given recent news. | 6291 | 1.8s | $32.4611 | prompts/world_resolve.v1.md |