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Promptloop

create, run, and improve prompt evals from the terminal

Details

External ID
48325073
Source
HN
Company
—
Product
Promptloop
Website domain
github.com
Launched
May 29, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
13
Upvotes percentile
0.654281098546042
Tags
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Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.

Description

a CLI agent for prompt evaluation loopsw

Enrichment

Theme
native desktop apps and utilities
Vertical
Horizontal
Function
Observability & eval
Audience
Developer
AI stance
AI-native
Project type
Commercial product
Normalized one-liner
prompt evaluation tool for developers
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes It is a CLI tool that runs evaluation test cases against LLM APIs and outputs prompt performance metrics, which is easily assembled with standard scripting.

Discussion

3 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Superpowers (skill suites for brainstorming)

Concerns raised: Lack of specification in prompts leads LLMs astray, Unclear positioning relative to existing skill tools

Feature requests: Iterative prompt refinement with light model in harness, Chat integration for quick access, Auto-generate requirements, guidelines, and explanations from brief prompts

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 1483 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #496 of 1484 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 211 days after the earliest competitor.

Other launches for this product

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