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System Prompt Editor

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About

An editor for system prompts: sections in tags, variables in double braces highlighted, a token count against the limit, version history and save with a keyboard shortcut.

Built with React and Tailwind. Copy the prompt and paste it into Claude Code, Cursor or Lovable: your agent adds System Prompt Editor to your project and fits it to your theme.

Code

How System Prompt Editor is used: the demo's code. The component's own source comes with a free account.

Usage.tsx

"use client"

import * as React from "react"
import { PromptVersion, SystemPromptEditor } from "@/components/ui/system-prompt-editor"

const FIT_CSS = "html,body{overflow:hidden}[data-fit-small] [data-fit-hide]{display:none!important}"

/**
 * 21st shows a demo in a small frame: about 674 by 421 on a component page, 358 by 224 on a
 * phone and 245 by 139 on a profile card. A demo taller than its frame gets scrollbars, which
 * render white on dark pages. FitFrame fills the frame exactly instead.
 *
 * - "scale": the content shrinks until it fits, centered. For visuals such as orbs.
 * - "crop": the content stays at full size from the top and fades out at the bottom. For text
 *   that streams in, where a changing scale would make the page breathe.
 *
 * `minWidth` lays out a wide demo (a table, a two column panel) at that width and scales it down
 * to the frame, instead of letting it collapse to a narrow layout. The frame centers it, so it
 * shrinks evenly on both sides.
 *
 * Anything marked `data-fit-hide` (state buttons, the chatcn.dev line) drops out in frames
 * shorter than `hideBelow`, so a profile card shows the visual alone.
 */
function FitFrame({
  children,
  mode = "scale",
  hideBelow = 360,
  minWidth,
}: {
  children: React.ReactNode
  mode?: "scale" | "crop"
  hideBelow?: number
  minWidth?: string
}) {
  const content = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
  const [cropped, setCropped] = React.useState(false)

  React.useLayoutEffect(() => {
    const el = content.current
    if (!el) return
    const measure = () => {
      const vw = window.innerWidth
      const vh = window.innerHeight
      el.toggleAttribute("data-fit-small", vh < hideBelow)
      // Layout sizes ignore the transform, so measuring never feeds back.
      const w = Math.max(el.offsetWidth, el.scrollWidth)
      const h = Math.max(el.offsetHeight, el.scrollHeight)
      const scale = mode === "scale" ? Math.min(1, vw / w, vh / h) : 1
      el.style.transform = scale < 1 ? `scale(${scale})` : ""
      setCropped(mode === "crop" && h > vh + 1)
    }
    measure()
    const observer = new ResizeObserver(measure)
    observer.observe(el)
    // Content that changes inside a fixed width box (a headline that cycles words) never resizes
    // the box itself, so changes below it measure again on the next frame.
    let frame = 0
    const mutations = new MutationObserver(() => {
      cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
      frame = requestAnimationFrame(measure)
    })
    mutations.observe(el, { subtree: true, childList: true, characterData: true })
    window.addEventListener("resize", measure)
    return () => {
      observer.disconnect()
      mutations.disconnect()
      cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
      window.removeEventListener("resize", measure)
    }
  }, [mode, hideBelow])

  const fade = "linear-gradient(to bottom, #000 calc(100% - 40px), transparent)"
  return (
    <div
      className="flex w-full justify-center overflow-hidden"
      style={{
        height: "100dvh",
        alignItems: mode === "crop" ? "flex-start" : "center",
        maskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
        WebkitMaskImage: cropped ? fade : undefined,
      }}
    >
      <style>{FIT_CSS}</style>
      <div
        ref={content}
        className="w-full shrink-0"
        style={{ transformOrigin: mode === "crop" ? "top center" : "center", minWidth }}
      >
        {children}
      </div>
    </div>
  )
}

/** Shared demo content for the Playground examples: a shipping API's support agent. */

const supportPrompt = `<role>
You are the support agent for Parcelpoint, a shipping API used by online stores.
You are talking to {{customer_name}}, who is on the {{plan}} plan.
</role>

<rules>
- Answer in {{language}}. Keep replies under 120 words unless asked for more.
- Quote API fields in backticks, for example \`label.tracking_url\`.
- Never promise refunds. Offer to open a billing ticket instead.
- If a request needs account access, ask for the order ID and stop there.
</rules>

<context>
Today is {{today}}. Carrier delays: {{carrier_status}}.
</context>`

const supportVariables = ["customer_name", "plan", "language", "today", "carrier_status"]

const now = Date.now()

const HOUR = 60 * 60 * 1000

const supportVersions: PromptVersion[] = [
  {
    id: "v7",
    label: "Billing tickets instead of refunds",
    content: supportPrompt,
    savedAt: now - 3 * HOUR,
    author: "Priya Natarajan",
  },
  {
    id: "v6",
    label: "Add carrier status",
    content: supportPrompt.replace(
      "- Never promise refunds. Offer to open a billing ticket instead.\n",
      "- Refunds over $50 need a manager. Say so plainly.\n",
    ),
    savedAt: now - 26 * HOUR,
    author: "Tomás Ibarra",
  },
  {
    id: "v5",
    label: "Shorter replies",
    content: supportPrompt
      .replace("120 words", "200 words")
      .replace(" Carrier delays: {{carrier_status}}.", ""),
    savedAt: now - 4 * 24 * HOUR,
    author: "Priya Natarajan",
  },
  {
    id: "v4",
    content: `You are a helpful support agent for Parcelpoint. Be friendly and answer questions about shipping labels, tracking and returns. The customer is {{customer_name}}.`,
    savedAt: now - 12 * 24 * HOUR,
    author: "Lena Vogt",
  },
]

const wait = (ms: number) => new Promise<void>((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))

/** Edit, then press Cmd/Ctrl+S. History restores any saved version as an unsaved draft. */
function SystemPromptEditorDemo() {
  const [saved, setSaved] = React.useState(supportPrompt)
  return (
    <SystemPromptEditor
      className="w-full max-w-2xl"
      value={saved}
      variables={supportVariables}
      versions={supportVersions}
      tokenBudget={400}
      onSave={async (next) => {
        await wait(600)
        setSaved(next)
      }}
    />
  )
}

/** The line under each 21st demo that points back to the kit. */
function MoreOn({ slug, children }: { slug: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <p data-fit-hide className="text-[0.75rem]/[1rem] text-(color:--chatcn-fg-faint) text-center text-balance">
      {children}{" "}
      <a
        href={`https://chatcn.dev/docs/components/${slug}`}
        target="_blank"
        rel="noopener"
        className="text-(color:--chatcn-fg-subtle) hover:text-(color:--chatcn-fg) underline underline-offset-2"
      >
        chatcn.dev
      </a>
    </p>
  )
}

/** The kit's own example, framed for the 21st preview. */
export default function SystemPromptEditorPreview() {
  return (
    <FitFrame minWidth="38rem">
      <div className="flex w-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-4 p-6">
        <div className="flex w-full max-w-2xl justify-center">
          <SystemPromptEditorDemo />
        </div>
        <MoreOn slug="system-prompt-editor">System prompts with variables, token count and history. On</MoreOn>
      </div>
    </FitFrame>
  )
}

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