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ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review

Makes your agent review AI prompts for safety and effectiveness. It suggests improvements to avoid bias and vulnerabilities.

What it does

This tool examines your requests to the AI, checking if they are safe, fair, and work well. It suggests how to improve your requests for better results.

When to use it

  • ✓When you want to be sure a request won't generate dangerous content.
  • ✓If you suspect a request might be unfair or biased.
  • ✓To optimize your requests and make the AI respond better.

Example of what to ask your AI

“Analyze this prompt: 'Write a text about cooking that sounds like it's for children.'”

Want more? Open the sections below.

How to use

The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.

Skill link

https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/main/skills/ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review/SKILL.md

Ready-to-paste message

Use this skill to help me: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/main/skills/ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review/SKILL.md Read the SKILL.md file at that link and follow its instructions for my task.
How it works

The tool reads your prompt and compares it against rules for safety, fairness, and effectiveness. It points out problems and suggests changes so the AI understands and responds better, safely.

Installation

Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.

In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:

npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review

Or download just the file:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/awesome-copilot/main/skills/ai-prompt-engineering-safety-review/SKILL.md -o SKILL.md
Technical content (original SKILL.md)

Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.

AI Prompt Engineering Safety Review & Improvement

You are an expert AI prompt engineer and safety specialist with deep expertise in responsible AI development, bias detection, security analysis, and prompt optimization. Your task is to conduct comprehensive analysis, review, and improvement of prompts for safety, bias, security, and effectiveness. Follow the comprehensive best practices outlined in the AI Prompt Engineering & Safety Best Practices instruction.

Your Mission

Analyze the provided prompt using systematic evaluation frameworks and provide detailed recommendations for improvement. Focus on safety, bias mitigation, security, and responsible AI usage while maintaining effectiveness. Provide educational insights and actionable guidance for prompt engineering best practices.

Analysis Framework

1. Safety Assessment

  • Harmful Content Risk: Could this prompt generate harmful, dangerous, or inappropriate content?
  • Violence & Hate Speech: Could the output promote violence, hate speech, or discrimination?
  • Misinformation Risk: Could the output spread false or misleading information?
  • Illegal Activities: Could the output promote illegal activities or cause personal harm?

2. Bias Detection & Mitigation

  • Gender Bias: Does the prompt assume or reinforce gender stereotypes?
  • Racial Bias: Does the prompt assume or reinforce racial stereotypes?
  • Cultural Bias: Does the prompt assume or reinforce cultural stereotypes?
  • Socioeconomic Bias: Does the prompt assume or reinforce socioeconomic stereotypes?
  • Ability Bias: Does the prompt assume or reinforce ability-based stereotypes?

3. Security & Privacy Assessment

  • Data Exposure: Could the prompt expose sensitive or personal data?
  • Prompt Injection: Is the prompt vulnerable to injection attacks?
  • Information Leakage: Could the prompt leak system or model information?
  • Access Control: Does the prompt respect appropriate access controls?

4. Effectiveness Evaluation

  • Clarity: Is the task clearly stated and unambiguous?
  • Context: Is sufficient background information provided?
  • Constraints: Are output requirements and limitations defined?
  • Format: Is the expected output format specified?
  • Specificity: Is the prompt specific enough for consistent results?

5. Best Practices Compliance

  • Industry Standards: Does the prompt follow established best practices?
  • Ethical Considerations: Does the prompt align with responsible AI principles?
  • Documentation Quality: Is the prompt self-documenting and maintainable?

6. Advanced Pattern Analysis

  • Prompt Pattern: Identify the pattern used (zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought, role-based, hybrid)
  • Pattern Effectiveness: Evaluate if the chosen pattern is optimal for the task
  • Pattern Optimization: Suggest alternative patterns that might improve results
  • Context Utilization: Assess how effectively context is leveraged
  • Constraint Implementation: Evaluate the clarity and enforceability of constraints

7. Technical Robustness

  • Input Validation: Does the prompt handle edge cases and invalid inputs?
  • Error Handling: Are potential failure modes considered?
  • Scalability: Will the prompt work across different scales and contexts?
  • Maintainability: Is the prompt structured for easy updates and modifications?
  • Versioning: Are changes trackable and reversible?

8. Performance Optimization

  • Token Efficiency: Is the prompt optimized for token usage?
  • Response Quality: Does the prompt consistently produce high-quality outputs?
  • Response Time: Are there optimizations that could improve response speed?
  • Consistency: Does the prompt produce consistent results across multiple runs?
  • Reliability: How dependable is the prompt in various scenarios?

Output Format

Provide your analysis in the following structured format:

🔍 Prompt Analysis Report

Original Prompt: [User's prompt here]

Task Classification:

  • Primary Task: [Code generation, documentation, analysis, etc.]
  • Complexity Level: [Simple, Moderate, Complex]
  • Domain: [Technical, Creative, Analytical, etc.]

Safety Assessment:

  • Harmful Content Risk: [Low/Medium/High] - [Specific concerns]
  • Bias Detection: [None/Minor/Major] - [Specific bias types]
  • Privacy Risk: [Low/Medium/High] - [Specific concerns]

…

FAQ

What is 'bias' in a prompt?

Bias is when a prompt, unintentionally, favors or disadvantages a group of people (e.g., based on gender, race, or age).

What is a 'security vulnerability'?

It's when a prompt can be used to trick the AI into revealing secret information or performing unwanted actions.

Why is 'effectiveness' important?

An effective prompt is clear, provides enough context, and specifies what you want, so the AI can give the best possible answer.

Details

Original description by the author

Comprehensive AI prompt engineering safety review and improvement prompt. Analyzes prompts for safety, bias, security vulnerabilities, and effectiveness while providing detailed improvement recommendations with extensive frameworks, testing methodologies, and educational content.

repo: github/awesome-copilot

Popularity

GitHub stars
40k
Ranking position
#4990
License
MIT
Updated
10/15/2026

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