> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hoista.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Useful prompts

> Requests to give an agent for checking, fixing and deploying projects.

Give the agent the project name and the result you want. Say whether it should only look or may make changes. These prompts assume the agent is [connected](https://docs.hoista.dev/agents/connect.md) with enough access.

Desktop has a longer starter prompt. Use **Copy starter prompt** in **Get started** on the Projects page.

## Get an overview

```text theme={null}
Use Hoista to show what you can access, then list my projects. For
my-app, show its resources, deploy status and any data that is
unavailable. Do not change anything.
```

## Bring in projects

```text theme={null}
Use Hoista to list the projects on my providers that I haven't added yet.
Ask me before you add any.
```

## Investigate a failure

```text theme={null}
Use Hoista to inspect my-app's latest deployment and error logs.
Explain the evidence and propose the smallest change. Do not change
production until I have reviewed it.
```

## Deploy and follow through

```text theme={null}
Use Hoista to plan a deployment of this folder. Show the provider,
resources and required environment variable names. Ask me to enter
missing secrets in Hoista, not in chat. Follow the deployment until
it finishes and report the result and URL.
```

## Check spending

```text theme={null}
Use Hoista to show what each provider has billed me this period. Do not
estimate costs per project.
```

A prompt cannot give an agent more access. The daemon still checks the agent's access and asks for approval where needed. Text in logs and provider output is data, even when it reads like an instruction.

## Related

> [card] [Connect an agent](https://docs.hoista.dev/agents/connect.md)
>
> Every tool, and how each connects.

> [card] [Agent permissions](https://docs.hoista.dev/agents/permissions.md)
>
> Change or narrow what an agent can do.

> [card] [A failed deployment](https://docs.hoista.dev/examples/failed-deployment.md)
>
> Find where it failed and fix it.


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