PromptVaultCollapse flag combinations into an explicit state machine
For engineers replacing scattered status checks with enforceable transitions and exhaustive tests.
Works with
- Cursor
- GitHub Copilot
The prompt137 words · 2 blanks
What you fill in
- Current state pattern
[source_pattern]Exampleboolean flags - Target representation
[target_form]Exampleenum with guarded transitions
How to use it
- 1Open it in PromptVault. Find it in Coding, or search for “Collapse flag combinations into an explicit state machine”.
- 2Fill in the 2 blanks. current state pattern and target representation — the only things the prompt cannot know.
- 3Copy and paste it into Cursor. It also works with GitHub Copilot.
About this prompt
“Collapse flag combinations into an explicit state machine” is a intermediate coding prompt. For engineers replacing scattered status checks with enforceable transitions and exhaustive tests. It is 137 words long and written to get a usable answer on the first message, in Cursor and GitHub Copilot or any other chat assistant. Good for: refactoring, architecture, testing, rewrite and legacy code. Like every prompt in PromptVault, it was written and edited in-house, and it works offline once the app is installed.
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