Claude-code-system-prompts
by Piebald-AI
Claude Code System Prompts Reference Library
Complete collection of Claude Code's internal prompts, tools, and agent configurations for understanding AI-powered development workflows.
- 3,448+ GitHub stars
- Built with JavaScript
- Complete system prompt documentation for Claude Code across all versions
- MIT License license
About This Project
This repository serves as a comprehensive reference library that documents the internal architecture of Claude Code, providing developers with unprecedented visibility into how AI-powered coding assistants actually work. It includes all system prompts, tool descriptions, and sub-agent configurations that power Claude Code's intelligent development capabilities.
The collection covers 18 built-in tool descriptions ranging from file operations to web fetching, along with specialized sub-agent prompts for planning, exploration, and task execution. Additional utility prompts reveal how Claude Code handles documentation generation, security reviews, and command-line interactions, offering insights into production-grade AI system design.
Maintained and updated with each Claude Code version release, this resource enables developers to understand prompt engineering at scale, reverse-engineer AI assistant behaviors, and design their own AI-powered development tools. Whether you're building custom AI agents or optimizing your interactions with existing ones, these prompts provide a blueprint for effective human-AI collaboration in software development.
The repository's popularity with over 3,400 stars demonstrates its value to the developer community seeking to understand and leverage advanced AI coding assistants beyond surface-level interactions.
Key Features
- Complete system prompt documentation for Claude Code across all versions
- 18 built-in tool descriptions showing AI-to-tool integration patterns
- Sub-agent prompt templates for Plan, Explore, and Task execution modes
- Utility prompts including security review and documentation generation
- Version-tracked updates matching official Claude Code releases
How You Can Use It
Learning prompt engineering techniques for AI coding assistants
Building custom AI development agents with similar capabilities
Understanding how to structure multi-agent systems for software tasks
Optimizing interactions with Claude Code by knowing its internal logic
Researching AI safety and security review implementations in development tools
Who Is This For?
AI engineers, prompt engineers, tool developers, and software architects interested in AI-assisted development systems