find out where “but the prompt is identical” isn’t.
four jobs. all in your terminal. no api call, no internet round-trip — just a plain tool that does what it says.
structural diff
~ section: Style (token +12)
- section: Caveats
token-count drift
b: 1,438t
delta: +18t (+1.3%)
live watch
+ 1 section, +44 tokens
(saved 14:02)
summary verdict
+18 tokens
likely safe to ship
three ways. all painless.
npm
$ npm i -g @v0idd0/promptdiff
node 14+ on linux / macos / windows. updates with npm update -g.
github releases
$ curl -L github.com/voidd0/promptdiff/releases/latest
single static binary. zero runtime needed. all releases →
git clone
$ git clone github.com/voidd0/promptdiff
read the source, send a pr, fork it. mit licence, no cla. repo →
“why is the new prompt giving worse answers?” → 2 hours later: oh, we accidentally dropped the ‘think step by step’ line. promptdiff catches that in 0.04s.
no telemetry. no signup. parses prompts as structured docs (markdown headings, xml-style tags, etc.) — not as raw byte streams. mit forever, even if vøiddo dies tomorrow.
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