PromptVaultHow concentrated is ownership of this code?
For maintainers measuring knowledge concentration before a critical area changes hands.
Works with
- Cursor
The prompt141 words · 3 blanks
What you fill in
- Code area
[code_area]ExamplePayment settlement worker - Change history
[change_history]ExampleLast 12 months of path-scoped commits, reviewers, incidents, and ownership changes - Ownership model
[ownership_model]ExampleInformal maintainers
How to use it
- 1Open it in PromptVault. Find it in Coding, or search for “How concentrated is ownership of this code?”.
- 2Fill in the 3 blanks. code area, change history and ownership model — the only things the prompt cannot know.
- 3Copy and paste it into Cursor. That is the tool it is written for.
About this prompt
“How concentrated is ownership of this code?” is a intermediate coding prompt. For maintainers measuring knowledge concentration before a critical area changes hands. It is 141 words long and written to get a usable answer on the first message, in Cursor or any other chat assistant. Good for: analysis, architecture, deep dive, decision making 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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