Practical overview
When it fits
Use Scratchpad when you want a reusable prompt framework to guide an AI assistant through structured consideration of context, intent and multi-step ideas.
Who it is for
- AI developers incorporating structured prompts into custom applications
- Power users adapting AI profiles for particular tasks
- People looking for reusable reasoning templates for research, creative writing or game and app planning
Documented uses
- Choose a general-purpose, domain-specific or persona-based reasoning template.
- Structure an assistant's treatment of user context and intent through prompt operations.
- Adapt or fork a template for a specialized application or organization.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and released under the MIT license.
- This is a prompt-framework repository, not a hosted assistant or software runtime.
- Templates are presented for different purposes and named environments; choose based on the intended task and inspect the relevant file.
- The README labels its update outdated, so verify the current files and integration instructions before adopting a template.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Add a standard Scratchpad prompt framework to an AI system
Integrate a general-purpose Scratchpad template by copying it into an AI system.
Before you start
- Access to a Scratchpad framework file in the repository.
- An AI system or platform into which you can copy and paste a prompt.
Steps
Choose a standard framework; the README recommends
2.5-refined-040125.mdfor comprehensive reasoning across domains.Copy and paste the selected framework into your AI system.
Use the integrated framework to process interactions through structured reasoning operations.
Expected outcome
The AI system has the selected prompt framework integrated for structured, context-aware reasoning.
Guide limitations
- The README labels its 2025 update as outdated.
- The README describes intended behavior but does not provide independent verification of results.
- Platform-specific setup details are not given.
Adapt a Scratchpad framework for a specialized domain
Select a purpose-built Scratchpad prompt for a specific context and integrate it into an AI system.
Before you start
- Access to the Scratchpad repository and its purpose-built framework files.
- An AI system into which you can copy and paste a prompt.
Steps
Choose a purpose-built framework matching the task, such as
G.A.B.G.mdfor game/app build guidance,novelize-ai.mdfor story planning, ordeeper_research_040125.mdfor research.Copy and paste the chosen framework into the AI system.
For further customization, fork the framework and modify its cognitive-operation blocks.
Expected outcome
A domain-oriented Scratchpad prompt is integrated, with an option to customize its reasoning blocks.
Guide limitations
- The README does not give platform-specific integration instructions for these variants.
- The README labels its 2025 update as outdated and does not independently verify framework outcomes.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 14 October 2026
- Original website title
- paradroidlabs/scratchpad · Official homepage title · retained in its source language