What Is prompts.chat? Ready-Made Prompt Library, Claude Code Plugin, MCP and License

On prompts.chat you search for a ready-made prompt or skill for a task, read it and copy it; no account is needed. It is a free, open-source library and social platform for community-shared AI prompts (formerly Awesome ChatGPT Prompts); on October 14, 2026 the site showed 2448 prompts and 98 skills. There is also a Claude Code plugin (2 commands, 2 agents, 2 skills) and a remote MCP server. Watch out: the plugin and MCP are not read-only; with an API key they save prompts and skills to your account, can delete skill files, and also write skills to your local .claude/skills folder. The source code is MIT, the prompt content CC0 (public domain).

What it does: Library of community-shared prompts and skills
Type: Prompt library + Claude Code plugin + MCP
Where: Web, Claude Code, MCP clients
Account: Not needed to browse; API key to save
Does it write?: Writes to your account with a key, deletes skill files
License: Code MIT, prompt content CC0
Price: Free and open source

What is prompts.chat for?

A library for starting from a ready-made prompt whenever you don't know what to write: code review, writing, translation and more. On the site you search by category, tag and type (text, structured, image, video, audio), copy a prompt and fill in its variables (for example ${topic}). The repository was opened on December 5, 2022 under the name "Awesome ChatGPT Prompts".

Find ready-made promptsWhat you get: Prompt text; used by filling in the ${variable} placeholdersBuilt into the app Search prompts from Claude CodeWhat you get: Title, description, author and linkNeeds a separate setup

The main product is the prompt library; the Claude Code plugin is a small part of it: it brings two slash commands (prompt and skill search), two agents (prompt-manager, skill-manager), two skills (prompt-lookup, skill-lookup) and the remote MCP server. The plugin defines no hooks.

Who it's for: anyone looking for ready-made prompts; Claude Code users who want to search from the command line. The prompts are community content: read them before using; there is no official promise of review for accuracy or safety.

How do you install prompts.chat?

Using the site needs no installation. Below are the options for the Claude Code plugin, MCP and self-hosting. The commands are taken verbatim from the README and the plugin documentation.

1. Add the marketplace› /plugin marketplace add f/prompts.chat

2. Install the plugin› /plugin install prompts.chat@prompts.chat

Then search prompts with /prompts.chat:prompts and skills with /prompts.chat:skills.

MCP config› { "mcpServers": { "prompts.chat": { "url": "https://prompts.chat/api/mcp" } } }

The API documentation shows adding "type": "http" to this entry for VS Code and has separate tabs for VS Code, Windsurf, Cursor, Claude, Codex and Gemini; check the tab for your client.

Local config from the README› { "mcpServers": { "prompts.chat": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "prompts.chat", "mcp"] } } }

The local example in the API documentation shows a different package name (@fkadev/prompts.chat-mcp). The documentation doesn't make clear which one is current; starting with the remote address is simpler.

Scaffold a project› npx prompts.chat new my-prompt-library

Self-hosting requires Node.js 24 and PostgreSQL; the sign-in method and database are configured in the .env file. Optionally, you can enter an OpenAI key for AI-powered semantic search.

An account is only needed to create and save prompts (sign in with GitHub or Google). To save via MCP, you create an API key (starting with pchat_) on the prompts.chat/settings page.

How do you use prompts.chat?

With the plugin you use commands or natural language; with MCP the assistant calls the search tool itself. Don't use a prompt you find without adapting it to your own task.

Search in Claude Code"/prompts.chat:prompts code review --type TEXT"

Ask in natural language"Search prompts.chat for a good prompt template for writing emails, show the three best matches and list their variables."

Search skills"/prompts.chat:skills pdf"

Skills are community content, and skill-lookup writes the files of the skill you choose to your local .claude/skills folder. Read SKILL.md and its accompanying files before installing.

Which apps does prompts.chat work with?

WebsiteYes	Browse in the browser; an account is only for saving.
Claude CodeYes	Plugin marketplace and plugin.
VS Code, Windsurf, Cursor, Claude, Codex, Gemini (MCP)Yes	The API documentation has an MCP tab for these clients.
Other MCP clientsUnclear	The remote address is standard HTTP MCP; clients not named in the documentation can't be assumed not to work.

What does prompts.chat access, and what does it write?

Reads without an account

Searches and fetches public prompts and skills. With an API key it also reads your private prompts.

Writes with a key

save_prompt, save_skill, add_file_to_skill and update_skill_file write to your account. The API documentation also marks improve_prompt as requiring authentication.

Deletes

remove_file_from_skill deletes a file from your own skill (SKILL.md can't be deleted).

Writes locally

The skill-lookup skill, if you want, writes the selected skill's files to the .claude/skills folder on your computer.

Data: the remote MCP address runs on the project owner's server; your search queries and whatever you save go there. According to the privacy policy, creating an account stores your email, username and profile information, and Google Analytics is used (it can be turned off when self-hosting). Accounts suspected of abuse are flagged: a limit of 5 prompts per day and new prompts automatically delisted.

Prompts are community content anyone can write; a prompt someone wrote could steer your assistant toward something unwanted. A GitHub Security Advisories scan shows no published advisories (0 records). That does not mean "safe." For reporting security vulnerabilities, security@prompts.chat is recommended rather than a public issue.

Is prompts.chat free, and what's the license?

Yes. The site describes itself as "free and open source"; no paid plan appears for the site, repository, plugin or MCP. The author's interactive prompt book is sold separately on Gumroad; its price is listed there. Hosting costs for self-hosting are yours.

Allowed

Source code and site content are MIT: free to use and modify
Prompt content and data are CC0 1.0 (public domain): free to use, including commercially

Not allowed

You can't take back a prompt you publish: it becomes public domain under CC0, and deleting your account doesn't remove it

Source: the LICENSE file and the site. GitHub's license field shows "NOASSERTION" because of the dual license. This is not legal advice.

Common problems and fixes

What happens	What to do
Reported by users Can't sign in with GitHub ("Configuration error")	Reported by users; no official fix in the issue. Searching and reading without an account are not affected.
Reported by users On a self-hosted instance, the MCP endpoint breaks the Next.js 16 response	Open issue; check the issue itself for its status.
You want to delete your account	According to the privacy page, deleting your account doesn't delete your prompts; published prompts can't be taken back under CC0. For privacy questions, open a GitHub issue.

How do you uninstall the prompts.chat plugin?

In Claude Code: Remove the prompts.chat plugin from plugin management (the reverse of the install commands).
In MCP: Delete the prompts.chat entry from your configuration file.
API key: Revocation steps aren't spelled out in the documentation; check the prompts.chat/settings page.

Skills you installed into the local .claude/skills folder with skill-lookup aren't deleted automatically when you uninstall the plugin; you delete them yourself.

Frequently asked questions

What is prompts.chat?

A free, open-source library and social platform for community-shared AI prompts, formerly Awesome ChatGPT Prompts. There is a site, a GitHub repository, an MCP server and a Claude Code plugin.

Do I need an account?

Not to browse and search. Creating and saving prompts requires signing in with GitHub or Google; saving via MCP also requires an API key.

Are the plugin and MCP read-only?

No. Searching and reading work without an account, but with an API key they save prompts and skills to your account and delete skill files; skill-lookup writes skill files to a local folder.

What's the license, and can I use it commercially?

Prompt content is CC0 (public domain), the source code MIT. Both allow commercial use.

Can my prompts be deleted?

No, published prompts can't be taken back under CC0, and deleting your account doesn't remove them. Admins, however, can remove or delist a prompt.

Can I host it on my own server?

Yes. It requires Node.js 24 and PostgreSQL; the npx prompts.chat new command sets up a scaffold. A self-hosted instance isn't bound by the public site's moderation rules.

Are prompts moderated?

Partly: suspicious accounts are flagged, admins can remove content and explicit content is prohibited. There is no official promise of review for prompt accuracy or safety; read before using.

Related guides

Sources

Not clear in the official sources: Which local MCP package name is current (prompts.chat or @fkadev/prompts.chat-mcp) · the subcommands of the npx prompts.chat command-line tool · fees and credit terms for improve_prompt · how to revoke an API key · the price of the Gumroad book · an OSV scan. The prompt and skill counts on the site change live. Each is covered in its section.