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Fastest Draw in the West: Calling Custom Prompts in VS Code

· 5 min read
Tim Morris
Huckleberry Creator

Back in the dusty streets of modern coding, there's a new gunslinger in town: VS Code v1.100. And no, it's not just another shiny feature or cosmetic tweak, this one packs real firepower: named prompt files.

For the Huckleberry agent crowd, the folks who keep their tasks sharp, tools clean, and AI sidekicks at the ready, this is a genuine shift in the landscape.


What Makes This a Big Deal?

Picture this: a busy day in the code corral. Bugs need wrangling, tests are bucking out of control, and documentation's flapping wild like a saloon door in the wind.

With the new prompt files feature, you can now summon task-specific prompts by name, right inside your VS Code chat. Drop your .prompt files into the .github/prompts directory, and when the moment calls, just type /your-prompt-name into the chat. That's all it takes, your custom instructions roll out like a sheriff's decree.

No more repeating the same explanations or reinventing the wheel. It's like carrying a custom-engraved six-shooter, ready to draw at a moment's notice.

Saddle Up, Partner: Copilot Rides into Cursor's Town

· 7 min read
Tim Morris
Huckleberry Creator

"I'm your huckleberry."

Doc Holliday said it with a smirk and a six‑gun in Tombstone. Lately, every campfire gossip column in dev‑town swears that Cursor is the last quick‑draw coder standing, the sheriff nobody can out‑gun. Scroll LinkedIn and you’ll find breathless threads claiming Cursor’s edge is “unbeatable”, that Copilot might as well hand over its badge.

But while the headlines holler, GitHub Copilot has been oiling its six‑shooter in the back room and filing the sights. Today, Copilot saunters through the saloon doors ready to stare Cursor down. The shoot‑out is close, the tumbleweed is rolling, and the only real question is whether your code can keep running when the Wi‑Fi wagon loses a wheel.


GitHub Copilot’s April 2025 roundup plugged most of the gaps that once made Cursor the flashier gunslinger in the IDE corral. The update brought:

  • One‑click Smart Actions that rewrite code in place.
  • A side‑by‑side diff viewer for AI edits.
  • Deep repo indexing backed by Nx’s brand‑new Model Context Protocol server.
  • Agent mode that lines up terminal commands and waits for your nod.
  • Enterprise privacy controls that keep company secrets locked in the safe.

Cursor still packs a Ghost (offline) mode and a slicker diff pane, yet the distance between the two tools has shrunk to the width of a guitar pick. So holster your editor of choice and let’s see who’s fastest on the draw.

Scale Up Your Codebase, Cowboy - Huckleberry Turns Copilot Chat Into a Ticket-Taming Workhorse

· 5 min read
Tim Morris
Huckleberry Creator

Projects sprawl quicker than a runaway cattle stampede, and release trains keep missing the station. Huckleberry harnesses Copilot Chat into a diligent foreman, slicing specs into bite-sized tickets so your team can scale from small posse to full tech rodeo without dropping the reins.

Alpha Status - Inside Huckleberry's Testing Process

· 4 min read
Tim Morris
Huckleberry Creator

Huckleberry is still in alpha, and for good reason.

If you've taken a glimpse at our README.md, you'll notice that we're quite open about Huckleberry's alpha status. This isn't marketing modesty, it's an honest assessment of where we stand in our journey toward delivering a rock-solid task management experience for developers.

Today, I want to pull back the curtain and show you exactly what we mean by "alpha" and why rigorous testing is the backbone of our development process.

Building Huckleberry - AI Agents, VS Code, and Scratching Your Own Itch

· 4 min read
Tim Morris
Huckleberry Creator

We built Huckleberry because we wanted it.

Not in the abstract "the market has a gap" sense. I mean we wanted to use it. As in: I kept losing track of what I was doing, what I'd done, and what I meant to do next. All while bouncing between a million tabs, a to-do list app I hadn't opened in three weeks, and a PRD in someone else's head.

If you've ever found yourself asking, What was I just working on again?, then you probably understand.