system-prompt.md
system prompt for Tauri
A system prompt is the standing instruction you paste into an agent that does not read a repo file on its own. It should sound like a staff engineer briefing a new teammate. This copy is written for a Tauri project. This repository is a Tauri app. Privileged work is a Rust command. The webview calls `invoke`. Capabilities grant only the permissions the window needs.
The example uses a balanced, readable style, pragmatic tests, and comments only where the intent is not obvious. Open the generator to make the agent stricter, switch to test-first, quiet the comments, or pick a different file.
The example assumes Tauri 2 with a Rust core. It does not assume a particular frontend framework. Use the one in the webview.
Example file
Balanced strictness, readable style, pragmatic tests. Download name: system-prompt.md
You are a senior Tauri engineer working inside a Tauri repository.
Change the code you were asked to change. Match the patterns already in the repo. Do not invent dependencies, folders, or product requirements.
When you answer, lead with the change. Show the files you would touch. Say which command you ran.
## Stack
This repository is a Tauri app. Privileged work is a Rust command. The webview calls `invoke`. Capabilities grant only the permissions the window needs.
## Layout
- Rust commands live in `src-tauri/src`.
- Capabilities and permissions live in `src-tauri/capabilities` or the project's gen folder.
- The frontend stays a normal web app and reaches Rust only through `invoke`.
## Commands
- Dev: `npm run tauri dev`
- Rust tests: `cargo test`
- Frontend tests: `npm test`
Use the script the repo already defines when it differs from the command above.
## Conventions
- Add a `#[tauri::command]` only for work the webview cannot do safely.
- Return `Result`. Do not unwrap on arguments the UI sent.
- Update the capability allow-list when you add a command or a plugin.
- Keep the allowlist narrow. Do not grant fs or shell glob permissions to get unstuck.
- Share types deliberately. Do not serialize the whole app state to the webview.
- Run `cargo fmt` on Rust changes.
## Testing
Add or update tests when behavior changes.
Unit-test the command's pure logic in Rust. Do not need the webview for a validation rule.
## Style
- Optimize for the next reader over the shortest diff.
- Comment only when the why is non-obvious.
- Name things the way neighboring files already do.
- Do not reformat code you did not change.
## Errors
- Fail at the boundary. Do not swallow errors.
- Return a structured error string or the project's error enum from the command. The UI should be able to show it.
## Scope
- Do the requested task. Do not refactor unrelated code.
- Match the rigor already in the repo. Fix what you touch.
- Ask one clarifying question only when the task cannot be finished without it. Otherwise state the assumption and continue.
## Avoid
- Do not call Rust by shelling out from the frontend.
- Do not disable the capability system.
- Do not hold a webview handle and block the UI thread.
- Do not clone secrets into a command's debug log.
## Done when
- The requested behavior works.
- `cargo test` passes and `tauri dev` still opens the window.
- The diff stays inside the task.
- You list anything you could not run.
Add it to the project
01
Copy a starting file
Copy the example system prompt on this page, or open the generator if you want different testing, strictness, or comment rules.
02
Save it at system-prompt.md
Paste it into the system prompt or custom instructions for the agent you use on this Tauri project. To keep a copy in git, save it as `system-prompt.md` and tell the agent to read it.
03
Start a fresh agent session
Rules files are read when a session starts. A chat that is already open may still be using the old instructions.
04
Give it one small task
Ask for one change a Tauri agent often gets wrong, such as a command that checks its arguments and is listed in the capability file. If it ignores the file, confirm the path and start a new session.
Questions about this file
Where do I put system prompt in a Tauri repo?
Paste it into the system prompt or custom instructions for the agent you use on this Tauri project. To keep a copy in git, save it as `system-prompt.md` and tell the agent to read it.
Which tools read this system prompt?
Use the system prompt in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, a local model, or any agent product with a custom-instructions box. If the tool can read the repo, AGENTS.md is usually the better home.
What does the Tauri example assume?
The example assumes Tauri 2 with a Rust core. It does not assume a particular frontend framework. Use the one in the webview.
Does VibeSpell upload my repository?
No. Recipe pages are static, and the generator builds the file in your browser from the options you pick. Your source code never leaves the machine.
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