# Protect your work Prompt Pack

Prompts for Git, checkpoints, backups, and version-control habits before you let the agent touch more files.

Pack URL: https://aicodingguild.com/prompts/packs/protect-your-work
Filtered library URL: https://aicodingguild.com/prompts?q=git
Plain-text export: https://aicodingguild.com/prompts/packs/protect-your-work/txt
Featured prompt: Don't Lose Your Work — Folders, Git, and Checkpoints
Prompt count: 4

## 1. Don't Lose Your Work — Folders, Git, and Checkpoints
Category: Start Here — Build Safely With AI
Path: Start Here — Build Safely With AI
Lesson: https://aicodingguild.com/learn/start-here/dont-lose-your-work
Prompt page: https://aicodingguild.com/prompts/dont-lose-your-work
Tags: git, beginners, safety, workflow
Summary: The minimum safe setup for total beginners: a real project folder, a Git repo, a remote backup, and repeatable checkpoints.

Prompt:
"I am a beginner and I want the safest possible project setup before I keep building.
Help me:
1. confirm this project has the minimum Git safety setup
2. check that `.env`-style secret files are ignored
3. tell me what files should and should not be committed right now
4. suggest the next safe checkpoint

Do not rewrite history, force push, or delete files unless I explicitly approve it."

## 2. What is Git? Source Control Explained for Non-Developers
Category: Foundations for AI-Assisted Builders
Path: Foundations for AI-Assisted Builders
Lesson: https://aicodingguild.com/learn/foundations/what-is-git
Prompt page: https://aicodingguild.com/prompts/what-is-git
Tags: git, version-control, source-control, fundamentals
Summary: Go deeper than 'don't lose your work' and understand commits, branches, merges, and recovery without developer jargon.

Prompt:
"Help me use Git safely on this project.
1. Explain the safest workflow for the change I want to make
2. Tell me whether this should happen on a new branch or not
3. List the Git commands I should expect to run and what each one does
4. Tell me what a good commit message would look like
5. Stop before any destructive Git command or history rewrite

Assume I am new to Git and optimize for recoverability, not cleverness."

## 3. What is GitHub? Your Code's Home on the Internet
Category: Foundations for AI-Assisted Builders
Path: Foundations for AI-Assisted Builders
Lesson: https://aicodingguild.com/learn/foundations/what-is-github
Prompt page: https://aicodingguild.com/prompts/what-is-github
Tags: github, repositories, collaboration, fundamentals
Summary: Understand GitHub, repositories, and collaboration — and why every builder using AI needs it.

Prompt:
"Help me set up and use GitHub safely for this project.
1. Explain the role GitHub should play in my workflow
2. Tell me whether this repo should be public or private and why
3. List the integrations I should expect with deployment, CI, and AI tools
4. Recommend the safest first workflow for branches and pull requests
5. Stop before changing repo visibility, secrets, or deployment permissions

Optimize for a solo builder who still wants a professional workflow."

## 4. GitHub Copilot — The AI That Lives in Your Editor
Category: Working With AI Tools
Path: Working With AI Tools
Lesson: https://aicodingguild.com/learn/ai-tools/github-copilot
Prompt page: https://aicodingguild.com/prompts/github-copilot
Tags: ai-tools, github-copilot, vs-code, code-completion
Summary: Set up GitHub Copilot for inline code completions and AI-assisted development in VS Code.

Prompt:
"I'm using GitHub Copilot in VS Code.
Help me get better suggestions for this task: [describe task].
Tell me:
1. what comments or function names I should write first
2. which related files I should open for context
3. when Copilot is likely enough and when I should switch to a stronger multi-file tool
4. what I must review manually before I accept a suggestion"