PromptSmith
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PromptCore
Reasoning as a Service
An MCP server that analyzes any task, selects the optimal reasoning framework from 47 peer-reviewed strategies, and generates a tailored meta-prompt -- ready to feed to any LLM. No LLM calls required for selection. Deterministic. Sub-millisecond.
The Problem
Most AI agents use Chain of Thought for everything. That's like using a hammer for every job.
A code generation task needs a different reasoning strategy than a research synthesis task, which needs a different strategy than a logic puzzle. The academic literature describes over 45 distinct reasoning frameworks -- each optimized for specific task types and complexity levels. But no developer has time to read dozens of papers and manually select the right one for every prompt.
PromptCore encodes that expertise into a single tool call.
Related MCP server: Athena MCP
How It Works
flowchart LR
A["Task Input"] --> B["Category Detection"]
B --> C["Complexity Scoring"]
C --> D["Intent Analysis"]
D --> E["Framework Selection"]
E --> F["Meta-Prompt Generation"]
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style F fill:#1a1a2e,stroke:#16c79a,color:#fffThree steps, one tool call:
Send your task -- PromptCore analyzes category (code, math, logic, creative, research, data, planning), complexity (0--10), and intent (17 types including decomposition, verification, exploration)
Framework selected -- Heuristic scoring matches your task against 47 peer-reviewed reasoning strategies, selecting the one with the highest fit
Meta-prompt returned -- A structured prompt, built on the selected framework's methodology, ready to feed to any LLM
No LLM calls. No API keys for selection. Runs in under 1ms.
Quick Demo
from promptcore.domain import FrameworkSelector, PromptBuilder
selector = FrameworkSelector()
analysis = selector.analyze("Write a recursive function to calculate fibonacci numbers")
print(analysis.category) # CODE
print(analysis.complexity_score) # 3.3
print(analysis.recommended_framework) # program_of_thoughtsTask: "Write a recursive function to calculate fibonacci numbers"
Category: CODE
Complexity: 3.3 / 10
Framework: Program of Thoughts
Meta-prompt:
"Approach this problem by expressing your reasoning as executable code.
Break the task into computational steps:
1. Define the problem as a function signature
2. Identify the base cases and recursive structure
3. Express the logic as working code with comments explaining each decision
4. Verify correctness by tracing through example inputs
..."Compare that to a naive prompt ("Write a fibonacci function") or a blanket Chain of Thought ("Think step by step..."). PromptCore selects Program of Thoughts because the task is code-category with moderate complexity -- a framework specifically designed for tasks where reasoning is best expressed as executable logic.
Framework Catalog
PromptCore includes 47 reasoning frameworks from published research, organized into seven categories.
graph TB
subgraph ZS["Zero-Shot"]
zs1["Role Prompting"]
zs2["Emotion Prompting"]
zs3["System-2 Attention"]
zs4["SimToM"]
zs5["Rephrase & Respond"]
zs6["Self-Ask"]
end
subgraph TG["Thought Generation"]
tg1["Chain of Thought"]
tg2["Step-Back"]
tg3["Thread of Thought"]
tg4["Tab-CoT"]
tg5["Contrastive CoT"]
tg6["Complexity-Based"]
tg7["Active Prompting"]
tg8["Analogical"]
tg9["Directional Stimulus"]
end
subgraph DC["Decomposition"]
dc1["Tree of Thoughts"]
dc2["Least-to-Most"]
dc3["Program of Thoughts"]
dc4["Skeleton of Thought"]
dc5["Plan-and-Solve"]
dc6["Faithful CoT"]
dc7["Recursion of Thought"]
end
subgraph EN["Ensembling"]
en1["Self-Consistency"]
en2["DENSE"]
en3["MoRE"]
en4["Meta-CoT"]
en5["Prompt Paraphrasing"]
end
subgraph SC["Self-Criticism"]
sc1["Reflexion"]
sc2["Maieutic"]
sc3["Chain of Verification"]
sc4["Self-Refine"]
sc5["Self-Calibration"]
sc6["Reverse CoT"]
sc7["Cumulative Reasoning"]
end
subgraph AD["Advanced"]
ad1["ReAct"]
ad2["Graph of Thoughts"]
ad3["Reasoning via Planning"]
ad4["Chain of Density"]
ad5["Buffer of Thoughts"]
ad6["Chain of Table"]
end
subgraph MD["Modern"]
md1["Self-Discover"]
md2["Chain of Draft"]
md3["CRITIC"]
md4["Chain of Code"]
md5["RE2 Re-Reading"]
md6["Chain-of-Abstraction"]
md7["Deliberate-then-Generate"]
end
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style TG fill:#0d1117,stroke:#f0883e,color:#c9d1d9
style DC fill:#0d1117,stroke:#a371f7,color:#c9d1d9
style EN fill:#0d1117,stroke:#3fb950,color:#c9d1d9
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style AD fill:#0d1117,stroke:#d2a8ff,color:#c9d1d9
style MD fill:#0d1117,stroke:#e3b341,color:#c9d1d9Framework | Best For | Complexity Threshold |
Role Prompting | Creative, General, Research | 1.0 |
Emotion Prompting | Creative, General | 1.0 |
Rephrase and Respond | General, Research | 2.0 |
Chain of Thought | Math, Logic, Code | 2.0 |
System 2 Attention | Logic, Research, General | 3.0 |
Thread of Thought | Research, Data, General | 3.0 |
Tab-CoT | Data, Math, Logic | 3.0 |
Directional Stimulus | Creative, General | 3.0 |
Skeleton of Thought | Creative, General, Planning | 3.0 |
Self-Calibration | Math, Logic, General | 3.0 |
Chain of Density | Research, Data, General | 3.0 |
Prompt Paraphrasing | General, Logic | 3.0 |
Sim-to-M | Logic, General | 4.0 |
Self-Ask | Research, Logic, General | 4.0 |
Step Back | Research, Logic, General | 4.0 |
Analogical | General, Creative, Code | 4.0 |
Program of Thoughts | Math, Code, Data | 4.0 |
Plan and Solve | Planning, Code, Math | 4.0 |
Self-Consistency | Math, Logic | 4.0 |
Self-Refine | Creative, Code, General | 4.0 |
Chain of Table | Data | 4.0 |
Least to Most | Code, Math, Planning | 5.0 |
Contrastive CoT | Math, Logic, Code | 5.0 |
Active Prompting | General, Research, Logic | 5.0 |
Faithful CoT | Math, Logic, Code | 5.0 |
Demonstration Ensembling | General, Data, Logic | 5.0 |
Maieutic | Research, Logic, General | 5.0 |
Chain of Verification | Research, General, Data | 5.0 |
Reverse CoT | Math, Logic, Code | 5.0 |
Buffer of Thoughts | General, Math, Code | 5.0 |
Complexity-Based | Math, Logic | 6.0 |
Tree of Thoughts | Creative, Planning, Research | 6.0 |
Mixture of Reasoning | General, Research, Logic | 6.0 |
Meta-CoT | Logic, Math, Research | 6.0 |
Cumulative Reasoning | Logic, Math, Research | 6.0 |
Recursion of Thought | Math, Code, Logic | 7.0 |
Self-Discover | General, Logic, Planning, Research | 7.0 |
CRITIC | Research, Data, Code, General | 6.0 |
Chain of Code | Code, Math, Data, Logic | 6.0 |
Chain-of-Abstraction | Math, Data, Research | 5.0 |
Deliberate-then-Generate | Creative, General, Research | 4.0 |
RE2 (Re-Reading) | Math, Logic, Research | 2.0 |
Chain of Draft | Math, Logic, Code, Creative, General | 3.0 |
ReAct | Research, Code, Data | 7.0 |
Reflexion | Code, Math, Logic | 8.0 |
Graph of Thoughts | Planning, Research, Logic | 8.0 |
Reasoning via Planning | Planning, Logic, Code | 8.0 |
MCP Tools
Tool | Description |
| Analyze a task and recommend the optimal reasoning framework with category, complexity, and intent breakdown |
| Generate a structured meta-prompt using the selected framework |
| Record feedback about prompt effectiveness for analytics |
| Enumerate all 47 frameworks with metadata |
| Query usage statistics and framework effectiveness trends |
Architecture
graph TB
MCP["MCP Interface<br/><code>main.py</code>"] --> Domain
subgraph Domain["Domain Layer"]
Selector["FrameworkSelector<br/><code>selector.py</code>"]
Frameworks["Framework Registry<br/><code>frameworks/</code> package<br/>47 implementations"]
Builder["PromptBuilder<br/><code>builder.py</code>"]
Selector --> Frameworks
Frameworks --> Builder
end
subgraph Persistence["Persistence Layer"]
Models["SQLAlchemy Models<br/><code>models.py</code>"]
Storage["SQLite Storage<br/><code>storage.py</code>"]
Models --> Storage
end
subgraph Utils["Utilities"]
Complexity["Complexity Analyzer<br/><code>complexity.py</code>"]
end
Domain --> Persistence
Selector --> Complexity
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style Utils fill:#0d1117,stroke:#f0883e,color:#c9d1d9src/promptcore/
├── main.py # MCP server entry point (FastMCP, stdio transport)
├── domain/
│ ├── frameworks/ # 47 reasoning framework implementations
│ ├── selector.py # Task analysis: category, complexity, intent, framework scoring
│ └── builder.py # Meta-prompt assembly from framework templates
├── persistence/
│ ├── models.py # SQLAlchemy + Pydantic models (ReasoningLog)
│ └── storage.py # SQLite operations for traces and analytics
└── utils/
└── complexity.py # Text complexity analysis (token count, keywords, ambiguity)Security-Aware Task Categorization
PromptCore's category detection layer ensures that adversarial or ambiguous prompts are routed to appropriate reasoning frameworks. Tasks with mixed signals (e.g., a prompt that looks like code but contains social engineering patterns) are scored conservatively -- defaulting to frameworks with built-in verification steps (Chain of Verification, Self-Calibration) rather than naive execution frameworks. This makes PromptCore a safer default for agent pipelines processing untrusted user input.
Installation
# 1. Clone
git clone https://github.com/BlinkVoid/PromptCore.git
cd PromptCore
# 2. Install dependencies
uv sync
# 3. Run the MCP server
uv run python -m promptcore.mainRequirements: Python 3.10+, uv
MCP Configuration
Add PromptCore to your MCP client. Works with Claude Code, Cline, Continue, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.
Claude Code / Cline (.mcp.json in project root)
{
"mcpServers": {
"promptcore": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/PromptCore", "python", "-m", "promptcore.main"],
"env": {
"PYTHONPATH": "/path/to/PromptCore/src",
"UV_LINK_MODE": "copy",
"FASTMCP_SHOW_STARTUP_BANNER": "false"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"promptcore": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/PromptCore", "python", "-m", "promptcore.main"],
"env": {
"PYTHONPATH": "/path/to/PromptCore/src"
}
}
}
}Integration Examples
From Another MCP-Enabled Agent
# Any MCP client can call PromptCore as a tool
result = mcp_call("promptcore", "generate_meta_prompt", {
"task": "Analyze the trade-offs between microservices and monolith for a fintech startup",
"context": "The team has 4 engineers and needs to ship in 3 months"
})
# Feed the optimized prompt to any LLM
response = llm.generate(result["meta_prompt"])Programmatic Usage (Direct Import)
from promptcore.domain import FrameworkSelector, PromptBuilder
selector = FrameworkSelector()
builder = PromptBuilder()
# Analyze
analysis = selector.analyze("Design a distributed cache invalidation strategy")
print(f"Category: {analysis.category}") # PLANNING
print(f"Complexity: {analysis.complexity_score}") # ~7.2
print(f"Framework: {analysis.recommended_framework}") # reasoning_via_planning
# Generate
result = builder.build(analysis.task, analysis=analysis)
print(result.meta_prompt) # Structured prompt using Reasoning-via-Planning methodologyIn an Agent Pipeline
# Middleware pattern: enhance every LLM call with optimal reasoning
def enhanced_llm_call(task: str, context: str = "") -> str:
# Step 1: Get optimal reasoning strategy
strategy = mcp_call("promptcore", "recommend_strategy", {"task": task})
# Step 2: Generate meta-prompt
prompt = mcp_call("promptcore", "generate_meta_prompt", {
"task": task,
"context": context,
"framework": strategy["recommended_framework"]
})
# Step 3: Execute with any LLM
result = llm.generate(prompt["meta_prompt"])
# Step 4: Log feedback for analytics
mcp_call("promptcore", "log_execution_feedback", {
"log_id": prompt["log_id"],
"feedback": "success",
"notes": "Output matched expected format"
})
return resultHow Does PromptCore Compare?
PromptCore is not the only approach to prompt optimization. See docs/COMPARISON.md for detailed comparisons against DSPy (Stanford), PromptFlow (Microsoft), LangChain Templates, manual engineering, and interactive playgrounds -- including an honest assessment of where each approach wins.
The short version: PromptCore is the only tool that provides automatic, zero-LLM-cost framework selection from a curated library of 47 peer-reviewed strategies, exposed as MCP tools. If you need LLM-in-the-loop optimization, use DSPy. If you need a visual workflow, use PromptFlow. If you want drop-in reasoning enhancement for agent pipelines, use PromptCore.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions and guidelines.
Areas where contributions would have the most impact:
New reasoning framework implementations (with paper citations)
Improved complexity scoring heuristics
Benchmark results validating framework selection quality
Integrations with additional MCP clients
License
Available Tools
5 toolsgenerate_meta_promptC
Generate an optimized meta-prompt for the given task.
Analyzes the task, selects the best reasoning framework (or uses the specified one), and generates a structured prompt designed to elicit high-quality reasoning.
Inputs: task (required), context, framework, persist. Returns: object
get_usage_statsB
Get usage statistics for PromptCore.
Shows total prompts generated, distribution by framework and category, and average complexity scores.
Inputs: no named parameters. Returns: object
list_available_frameworksA
List all available reasoning frameworks with their descriptions.
Use this to understand what frameworks are available and when each is best used.
Inputs: no named parameters. Returns: object
log_execution_feedbackB
Log feedback about how a generated prompt performed.
Used to track effectiveness and improve framework selection over time.
Inputs: task_id (required), feedback (required). Returns: object
recommend_strategyB
Analyze a task and recommend the optimal reasoning framework.
Returns the detected category, complexity_score, recommended framework, and alternative options.
Inputs: task (required), context. Returns: object
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TDQS
Scored across 5 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose with no overlap. generate_meta_prompt creates prompts, get_usage_stats retrieves statistics, list_available_frameworks enumerates options, log_execution_feedback captures performance data, and recommend_strategy provides analysis. An agent can easily distinguish between these five distinct functions.
All tools follow a consistent verb_noun pattern with snake_case throughout. The naming is predictable and readable: generate_meta_prompt, get_usage_stats, list_available_frameworks, log_execution_feedback, and recommend_strategy. There are no deviations in style or convention.
With 5 tools, this server is well-scoped for its purpose of prompt generation and management. Each tool earns its place by covering distinct aspects: generation, statistics, listing, feedback, and strategy recommendation. This count is neither too thin nor too heavy for the domain.
The tool surface covers the core lifecycle of prompt generation and optimization well, including creation (generate_meta_prompt), analysis (recommend_strategy), monitoring (get_usage_stats, log_execution_feedback), and discovery (list_available_frameworks). A minor gap is the lack of tools for editing or deleting prompts, but agents can work around this by regenerating prompts as needed.
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