Prompt Deck: Manage AI Prompts as Versioned Files in Laravel

Prompt Deck by Victor Ukam gives Laravel applications a structured way to manage AI prompts — storing them as versioned markdown files on disk rather than embedding strings directly in application code.

The package requires PHP 8.2+ and Laravel 11+.

Key features:

• Disk-based prompt files with directory-based versioning
• Variable interpolation using {{ $variable }} syntax in markdown files
• Artisan commands for creating, listing, testing, and activating prompt versions
• A/B testing support to compare prompt versions by token usage, latency, and cost
• Integration with laravel/ai via a HasPromptTemplate trait

#Creating and Using Prompts

After installing the package, you can generate a new prompt with the provided make:prompt command:

php artisan make:prompt order-summary

This scaffolds a versioned directory structure under resources/prompts/ that might look like this given the above command:

resources/prompts/
└── order-summary/
    ├── v1/
    │   └── system.md
    └── metadata.json

You can then edit the system.md prompt file with {{ $variable }} placeholders for dynamic values:

You are a {{ $tone }} customer service agent.
Summarise the following order: {{ $order }}.

Here's an example of how you can load/render the prompt:

use Veeqtoh\PromptDeck\Facades\PromptDeck;
 
$prompt = PromptDeck::get('order-summary');
$messages = $prompt->toMessages(['tone' => 'friendly', 'order' => $orderDetails]);

The toMessages() method returns a message array compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, and similar API formats.

To load a specific version:

$prompt = PromptDeck::get('order-summary', 'v2');

You can also activate a version via Artisan without touching code:

php artisan prompt:activate order-summary v2

#Laravel AI SDK Integration

For applications using laravel/ai, the HasPromptTemplate trait automatically provides instructions() and promptMessages() on your agent class:

use Veeqtoh\PromptDeck\Concerns\HasPromptTemplate;
 
class OrderAgent extends Agent
{
    use HasPromptTemplate;
}

When PROMPTDECK_SCAFFOLD_ON_MAKE_AGENT=true is set in .env, running php artisan make:agent will also scaffold a matching prompt directory automatically.

You can find Prompt Deck on GitHub and read the full documentation at the Prompt Deck docs.