MetaPrompt — MHacks 2025

Team

• Cristian Dragoiu ([email protected])
• George North ([email protected])
• Ednilson Chiambo ([email protected])
• Maverick Brazill ([email protected])

Track

Overdrive (Optimization): Efficiency meets creativity. Explore algorithms, automation, and design strategies that make processes faster, smarter, and more seamless.

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Overview

Crafting effective prompts for AI tools is a time-consuming process. Developers often spend significant effort refining prompts to get high-quality results, which can slow down workflows and reduce productivity.

MetaPrompt is a browser extension that eliminates this bottleneck. By highlighting text and using our extension, developers can instantly generate optimized prompts designed to maximize the quality of responses from leading AI systems.

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Video Demonstration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skhwH4JcHsk&feature=youtu.be

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Features

• Highlight & Prompt
  Select any text on a webpage and open MetaPrompt’s context menu.

• Customization Options (Optional)

  • Prompt Types: Academic, Exploratory, Technical
  • Tags: Add project-specific tags (e.g., Python, UI Design, Optimization)

• Actions

  • Build Prompt
    • Generate a curated, high-quality prompt ready to copy and paste. (Powered by Gemini)
  • Prompt ChatGPT
    • Open ChatGPT with your optimized prompt pre-filled.
  • Prompt Gemini
    • Open Gemini with your optimized prompt pre-filled.
  • Prompt Claude
    • Open Claude with your optimized prompt pre-filled.
  • Prompt Fetch.ai
    • Open Fetch.ai with your optimized prompt pre-filled.

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Why MetaPrompt?

• ⏱️ Save Time — Focus on learning, not building queries.
• 🎯 Boost Quality — Get stronger, more helpful AI responses.
• 🌐 Seamless Integration — Works directly in the browser.
• 🔀 Cross-Platform — Optimized for ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.
• 💎 Available to Prompt Anywhere - Copy text to your clipboard for integration to your LLM of choice.

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Tech Stack

• Frontend: Browser Extension (Manifest V3), HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Backend: Server Written with FastAPI, Pydantic, and Dotenv. Prompt Optimization Powered by Gemini API
• Platform Integrations: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, FetchAPI

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Gemini API Key
• Chrome or Chromium-based browser
• Python 3.9+

Installation

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/north5g/MHacks2025
   cd MHacks2025

2. Set up the .env file in backend folder

   GEMINI_API_KEY=<YOUR API KEY>
   REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=20
   MAX_RETRIES=2
   ALLOWED_ORIGINS=chrome-extension://<YOUR_EXTENSION_ID>
   

3. move into backend folder if not there already

   cd backend

4. Set up the venv

   python3 -m venv .venv
   pip3 install -r requirements.txt

5. Start the python server

   python3 app.py

6. Navigate to Extensions on Google Chrome
7. Click 'Load Unpacked' and navigate to the 'extension' file
8. Run the extension & Enjoy !