Prompt Shelf

A prompt management system with version control capabilities, built with Rust and modern web technologies.

Motivation

In AI development projects, prompts are often managed as static files or directly embedded in code, leading to several critical issues:

• Code Pollution: Embedded prompts clutter application code, reducing readability and maintainability
• Inefficient Iteration: Prompt adjustments require code modifications and full application redeployment
• Lack of History: No systematic way to track changes, compare versions, or roll back to previous prompt iterations
• Collaboration Barriers: Difficult to collaborate on prompt improvements without proper version tracking

PromptShelf addresses these challenges by providing Git-like version control specifically designed for AI prompts.

Features

• Git-like Version Control: Track prompt changes with commit history, rollbacks, and comparisons
• Separation of Concerns: Keep prompts independent from application codebase
• REST API Interface: Integrate prompt management directly into development workflows
• Performance Optimization: Dragonfly/Redis caching for fast prompt retrieval
• Access Control: JWT authentication and role-based permissions
• Docker-ready: Easy deployment with pre-configured containers

Key benefits:

• Reduce deployment cycles by managing prompts outside application code
• Improve collaboration with structured version history
• Maintain cleaner codebase with separated concerns
• Enable A/B testing of prompts without code changes

Preview

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Docker and Docker Compose installed

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd prompt-shelf
   

3. Start the services using Docker Compose:

   docker-compose up --build -d
   

4. The API server will be available at http://localhost:8000

Environment Configuration

The following environment variables can be configured in the docker-compose.yml file:

• MYSQL_URI: MySQL connection string
• REDIS_URI: Dragonfly/Redis connection string
• JWT_SECRET: JWT signing secret
• JWT_EXPIRATION: JWT expiration time (seconds)
• ALLOW_REGISTER: Allow user registration (true/false)

API Documentation

For detailed API documentation, please refer to the Markdown documentation

Key API Endpoints Summary

Authentication

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/user/signin	User login
POST	/user/signup	User registration

Prompt Management

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/prompt/create_prompt	Create a new prompt
POST	/prompt/create_node	Create a new version node
POST	/prompt/create_commit	Commit changes to a prompt
GET	/prompt/query	Query prompts
GET	/prompt/latest	Get latest prompt version
GET	/prompt/content	Get prompt content
POST	/prompt/rollback	Rollback to previous version
POST	/prompt/revert	Revert changes
DELETE	/prompt/	Delete a prompt

System

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/status	Check service health status

Admin Control

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/control/register	Enable/disable user registration
GET	/control/list/user	List all users (admin only)
DELETE	/control/user/{user_id}	delete users (admin only)
POST	/control/disable/user	disable/enable users (admin only)

Project Structure

prompt-shelf/
├── src/                 # Rust backend source
│   ├── db/              # Database models
│   ├── routes/          # API route handlers
│   └── main.rs          # Application entry point
├── app/                 # Frontend application
├── conf/                # Configuration files
├── docker-compose.yml   # Docker Compose configuration
└── Cargo.toml           # Rust dependencies

Technology Stack

• Backend: Rust, Axum, SeaORM
• Database: MySQL, Dragonfly (Redis)
• Authentication: JWT
• Containerization: Docker, Docker Compose

License

MIT