How to create a Prompt Variant?

[chriscross2]

I am having trouble creating a variant of a prompt.

Clicking "Edit" behind the selected variant in the Agent settings creates a file in the prompt templates directory.

The documentation says: "To create user-defined variants, browse to the prompt templates directory and create/copy a new file starting with the same id as the default prompt of an agent.”

Copying that file and changing the name after the ID does not have any effect, the variant is not recognized in Theia IDE. I tried different variations of the ID like “Architect-system-two”, “Architect-two”, “architect-two” …

Operation System is Windows 11, Theia IDE version 1.62.101

[JonasHelming]

This seems like a regression, it works in 1.61, but not in 1.62.

@chriscross2 Would you mind opening a bug and tagging me, I will have a look!

[chriscross2]

Sure. Thanks for taking care! #15794

[JonasHelming]

A temporary work around, as this fix might not make it to 1.62 anymore: Create a custom agent with your prompt variant. The only downside is that you have explicitly reference it in the chat.

[chriscross2]

Sorry for asking but could a custom agent build in the IDE have the full capabilities as the in-built architect has or would I need to make a custom build from source code?

[JonasHelming]

If you copy the prompt, it will have the same featues, except the suggestions shown above the chat input (after the first request is done)