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3.1 Create a New Prompty

Prompty is an open-source generative AI templating framework that makes it easy to experiment with prompts, context, parameters, and other ways to change the behavior of language models. The prompty file spec describes the sections of a Prompty file in detail, but we'll explore Prompty now by changing sections step by step.

1. Create Sandbox Folder

  1. Return to the GitHub Codespaces tab and open the VS Code terminal.

  2. Create an empty directory in root of your filesytem. From the Terminal:

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    mkdir sandbox
    1. Switch to the new directory

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    cd sandbox

2. Create New Prompty

  1. In the VS Code Explorer (left pane), right-click on the new sandbox folder
  2. Select New Prompty from the drop-down menu.
  3. This will create the new file basic.prompty and open it in VS Code.

3. Run The Prompty

This step will fail with an error. Don't worry, that's expected.

  1. Make sure the basic.prompty file is open in the editor pane.
  2. Click the "play" button in the top-left corner (or press F5).
  3. You will be prompted to sign in. Click Allow
  4. Select your Azure account in the follow-up dialog.

The extension 'Prompty' wants to sign in using Microsoft.

Result: The Visual Studio Code console will switch to the "Output" tab.

  • You will get an Error in the Output pane as shown below.
    • ❌ | Error: 404 The API deployment for this resource does not exist.
  • This is expected. It is because we haven't yet configured a model for Prompty to use.

CONGRATULATIONS. You created and ran your first Prompty!