Prompt templates

A prompt template is a reusable prompt you run as a slash command. The markdown file ~/.e/prompts/<name>.md becomes the /name command.

Markdown

---
description: review the changes
argument-hint: [path]
---
Review ${1:-everything} carefully. Focus on $2.

e reads templates on each use, so it picks up new files immediately.

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Front matter

e submits the body as the prompt after bash-style substitution. Quoted arguments group as one word.

Syntax	Expands to
`$1`..`$9`	The positional argument.
`$@` or `$ARGUMENTS`	All arguments.
`${N:-default}`	Argument N, or `default` when it is missing or empty.
`${@:-default}`	All arguments, or `default` when there are none.
`${@:2}`	The arguments from the 2nd on.

An installed package contributes its prompts/ directory the same way. A global template shadows a package's template of the same name.

A trusted repository can carry its own commands in .e/prompts/. <repo>/.e/prompts/<name>.md becomes /name, in the same format as above.

These templates load only after /trust, like the repo's AGENTS.md. They shadow a global template of the same name, because the closer context wins.