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Prompt registry

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A centralized system that stores, versions, and retrieves prompts — with metadata, eval results, and deployment tracking.

Think of it like

A library card catalog: find the right book, check its status, borrow it.

Example

Registry: "customer_support_v2" [88% eval score] [deployed to staging] [used in 5 apps].

How it actually works

Registries enable collaboration and governance. A data team curates prompts; product teams consume them. Tracking who uses which prompt helps impact measurement. Advanced registries integrate with eval systems and CI/CD.

For product teams

Governance, reuse, and measurement.

For engineers

Implement with a database or service. Add API for retrieval. Integrate with eval and deployment systems.

Prompt library — Natural evolution of prompt library.
Prompt versioning — Supports versioning workflow.

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