Format current file — AI Prompts for Visual Studio Code

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Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

My file is messy and the team will review it in an hour. Format the current file so indentation,…

My file is messy and the team will review it in an hour. Format the current file so indentation, line breaks, and spacing follow our project style, and leave the cursor where I last typed. Check there are no trailing spaces and that line endings stay Unix. Save the file after formatting.

Improve — make it easier to accept

Before I push this change, make the file easy to scan for reviewers: apply project formatting…

Before I push this change, make the file easy to scan for reviewers: apply project formatting rules, ensure imports and using statements are grouped and collapsed, convert long lines into readable breaks, and highlight any places formatter changed more than three adjacent lines so I can eyeball behavior changes.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

I saved and the file was auto-formatted, but a handful of expressions moved and now tests may fail.…

I just hit save and the file looks different than I expected

I saved and the file was auto-formatted, but a handful of expressions moved and now tests may fail. I am worried the formatter changed semantics or reordered imports. I cannot tell which edits are purely style and which affect behavior. What is the most likely cause and the fastest safe next steps to confirm and fix any semantic regressions?

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