PromptChef
Turn vague prompts into clear, well-specified ones — right inside VS Code.
Overview
PromptChef is a VS Code extension that rewrites a vague prompt into a specific one without you leaving the editor. Select the text, press Ctrl+Shift+E, and the refined version streams back word by word in place — no copying it out to another tool and pasting the result back in.
It runs in three modes — Concise, Clarity and Detail — and a separate Craft tab builds a full prompt from a plain description when you're starting from nothing. It works against whatever model you already have: VS Code's built-in providers including Copilot and Claude, your own Anthropic, OpenAI or Gemini key, or an OpenAI-compatible proxy endpoint. API keys go into the OS keychain rather than a settings file, and a single Ctrl+Z puts the original text back.
What it does
- Ctrl+Shift+E to enhance in place; Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to pick a mode first
- Three refinement modes — Concise, Clarity and Detail
- Craft tab generates a whole prompt from a plain description
- Results stream in word by word, straight into the editor
- One Ctrl+Z restores the original text
- Bring your own model — Copilot, Claude, OpenAI, Gemini or a self-hosted proxy
- API keys stored in the OS keychain, never in settings files