diff --git a/.github/prompts/find-duplicates.prompt.md b/.github/prompts/find-duplicates.prompt.md
index 7084c78343d..7bda0fd83af 100644
--- a/.github/prompts/find-duplicates.prompt.md
+++ b/.github/prompts/find-duplicates.prompt.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 # NOTE: This prompt is intended for internal use only for now.
 agent: Engineering
-argument-hint: "Provide an issue number to find duplicates"
+argument-hint: Provide a link or issue number to find duplicates for
+description: Find duplicates for a VS Code GitHub issue
 model: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (copilot)
 tools:
   - execute/getTerminalOutput
diff --git a/.github/prompts/find-issue.prompt.md b/.github/prompts/find-issue.prompt.md
index 98077c08ed9..dfdfdd56b69 100644
--- a/.github/prompts/find-issue.prompt.md
+++ b/.github/prompts/find-issue.prompt.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # ⚠️: Internal use only. To onboard, follow instructions at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-engineering/blob/main/docs/gh-mcp-onboarding.md
 agent: Engineering
 model: Claude Sonnet 4.5 (copilot)
-argument-hint: "Describe your issue..."
+argument-hint: Describe your issue. Include relevant keywords or phrases.
+description: Search for an existing VS Code GitHub issue
 tools:
   - github/*
   - agent/runSubagent