Filter Prompts by Strategy, Intent, and Output Type

Find the right prompt fast using strategy, intent, and output-type filters — in the dashboard and inline inside the """ picker without leaving your page.

SprintBrain organises your prompt library along three independent axes — strategy, intent, and output type — so you can find the right prompt in seconds rather than scrolling through an unorganised list. The same filters are available in the dashboard and inside the inline """ picker, so narrowing the library never interrupts your flow.

Filter dimensions

Strategy — how the prompt instructs the model to think

Set the Strategy to signal the reasoning approach built into your prompt. Available values: Chain of Thought (CoT), Tree of Thought (ToT), Few-shot, One-shot, RAG, and Agentic. Filtering by strategy is especially useful when you want only prompts that use a specific reasoning pattern — for example, all CoT prompts for your Coding workflows.

Intent — what the prompt is designed to accomplish

Set the Intent to categorise the task the prompt performs. Available values: Writing, Coding, Support, SEO, Analysis, Planning, Research, and Teaching. Combining an intent filter with a strategy filter lets you find, for example, all RAG prompts tagged for Research in two clicks.

Output Type — the format the model should produce

Set the Output Type to describe the format your prompt asks the model to return. Available values: JSON, Markdown, SOP, and Plain. This filter is particularly useful when you need output in a specific machine-readable or structured format and want to rule out prompts that produce free-form text.

Set these fields when you create or edit a prompt. SprintBrain’s intent classifier also reads your block content as you type and suggests a strategy and intent automatically — click Apply in the suggestion banner to accept the recommendation.

Using filters in the dashboard

Open the Prompts page and use the filter bar at the top of the list to narrow by any combination of strategy, intent, and folder.

1. Select a Strategy filter

   Click the Strategy dropdown and pick one value — for example, CoT — to show only Chain of Thought prompts. The active filter highlights in blue. Click it again to deselect.

2. Select an Intent filter

   Click the Intent dropdown and pick a category — for example, Coding — to further narrow the list. Combine with a strategy filter to find, say, all Coding prompts that use Chain of Thought.

3. Filter by folder

   Click a folder chip to scope the view to prompts in that folder. The chip row shows only folders that contain at least one prompt, so you never see an empty folder in the filter.

4. Clear filters

   When one or more filters are active, a Clear N filters button appears. Click it to reset the view to your full library.

The """ picker — filtering without leaving the page

When you type three double-quotes (""") in any text field, the prompt picker overlay opens at your cursor. You get the same filter controls inline — without navigating away from the page you are typing on.

Use the Strategy and Intent dropdowns inside the picker to narrow the results. Once you find the right prompt, press Enter or click it to insert it directly at your cursor. The overlay closes and your prompt appears in the field.

If you have customised your prompt trigger in Settings → Triggers, use your configured sequence instead of """.

Per-prompt keyboard shortcuts

For prompts you use constantly, set a shortcut so you can expand them without opening the picker at all.

1. Open the prompt editor

   Click a prompt card to open the editor, or click New prompt to create one.

2. Enter a shortcut

   In the Shortcut field, type a short identifier — for example, coderev. Use only letters, numbers, hyphens, or underscores. The field sanitises input automatically (spaces become underscores).

3. Save

   Click Save changes (or Create prompt). The shortcut is now active across every device where you use SprintBrain.

4. Expand in any field

   In any text input, type your prompt trigger prefix + your shortcut + Tab. With the default prefix, that is /coderev + Tab. The full prompt expands at your cursor immediately.

Tag every prompt with both an intent and an output type when you create it — even if you do not plan to filter right away. A well-tagged library makes the inline """ picker dramatically faster: two filter clicks and you are looking at exactly the prompts that fit your current task, rather than scanning by name. Consistent tagging also gives the quality scorer a more meaningful comparison when it shows how your prompt ranks against others in the same category.