Prompt Template

The Prompt Template type belongs to the Interface/Communication Layer — it defines how a thing presents itself.

Schema

Field	Type	Required	Description
template	textarea	✅ yes	Template text with {{variable}} placeholders
variables	tags	no	Variable names used in the template
outputFormat	select	no	Expected output format: text, json, markdown

Metadata

Property	Value
Slug	prompt-template
ID	builtin-prompt-template
Icon	📋
System	Yes
Layer	Interface / Communication

Example

{
  "title": "Blog Post Template",
  "minionTypeId": "builtin-prompt-template",
  "fields": {
    "template": "Write a blog post about {{topic}}. Target audience: {{audience}}. Length: {{wordCount}} words.",
    "variables": ["topic", "audience", "wordCount"],
    "outputFormat": "markdown"
  }
}

Usage

TypeScript

import { TypeRegistry, createMinion } from 'minions-sdk';

const registry = new TypeRegistry();
const type = registry.getBySlug('prompt-template')!;

const { minion, validation } = createMinion({
  title: 'Blog Template',
  fields: { template: 'Write about {{topic}}', variables: ['topic'] },
}, type);

Python

from minions import TypeRegistry, create_minion

registry = TypeRegistry()
type_ = registry.get_by_slug("prompt-template")

minion, validation = create_minion(
    {"title": "Blog Template", "fields": {"template": "Write about {{topic}}", "variables": ["topic"]}},
    type_,
)