The idea is:
Implement a YAML interface for editing and managing agent system prompts, with syntax highlighting for nested structures and a version management system that allows users to store, switch between, and templatise multiple system prompts.
My use case:
I’m building AI workflows/agents in n8n and use YAML structured prompts which have proven highly effective. However, I currently have to constantly switch to an external code editor to work with these prompts due to readability issues in the current plain text interface. This disrupts my workflow and makes iteration much slower than necessary.
I think it would be beneficial to add this because:
- It would streamline the prompt engineering process by providing proper syntax highlighting for nested YAML structures directly in the n8n interface
- Version management would allow for faster iteration and A/B testing of different prompt approaches
- The ability to templatise prompts would create consistency across client implementations while allowing for customization
- It would eliminate the current workflow disruption of switching between n8n and external code editors
- It builds upon the existing structured output improvements (like the JSON example) but takes them further to support more complex prompt engineering needs
Any resources to support this?
The crewAI recommends using yaml files:
current system editor interface:
current json editor interface with small improvement as you can collapse:
When you work with the Claude interface, it’s really improving the quality of my work as it’s easy to navigate by using colors in nested sections:
Would this be useful for you too?