Prompt tags
Prompt tags wrap a section of your prompt in XML tags, such as <context>…</context> or <task>…</task>, so the model can tell the parts apart. Anthropic's prompting guidance recommends this.
Insert a tag
Press Ctrl-x < or click the <> chip in the footer to open the picker:
name: ▏
1 context ×12
2 task ×7
3 constraints ×2
[↑/↓] move [enter] body [1-9] pick [^d] delete [esc] close
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Type | Filter tags by prefix |
Enter | Open the selected tag's body box, or create a new tag |
1–9 | Pick a listed tag (while the name field is empty) |
Ctrl-d | Delete the selected tag |
Esc | Close the picker |
In the body box, type your text. Enter inserts a newline.
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl-s | Insert the wrapped text into the agent's prompt |
Esc | Go back to the picker and keep your draft |
Ctrl-s inserts this into the agent's prompt without submitting it:
<context>
…your text…
</context>
Stack several sections, add an instruction, and press Enter yourself.
- Each insert raises the tag's use count. The three most-used tags appear as footer chips. Click one to open its body box.
- If wsx can't confirm the insert, for example because the agent has exited, the body box stays open with your draft.
- Tag names must match
[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*.
Configure
The tags and their use counts live in the prompt_tags setting, one name=uses per line:
wsx config edit prompt_tags # edit in $EDITOR
wsx config set prompt_tags "" # clear
Lines that don't parse are dropped.
The footer chips are the $tags bar segment. See Themes to move or restyle them. Ctrl-x < works even if your theme leaves the segment out. If your own ~/.config/wsx/theme.toml sets [attached_bottom].format, add ($tags ) to it and a [tags] table to show the chips:
[attached_bottom]
format = "$keys ($pins )($tags )"
[tags]
format = "[<$label>]()"
separator = " "
more_format = "[ <> ](bold)"