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System Prompt Designer

Craft effective system prompts that guide AI behavior precisely.

Intermediate

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Skill level required

12/20/2024

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GENERAL

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Design a system prompt for: [YOUR AI ASSISTANT/APPLICATION]

**Role & Purpose:**
- Primary function: [what should it do]
- Target users: [who will interact with it]
- Tone: [professional/friendly/expert/etc.]

Create a structured system prompt with:

1. **Identity & Role**
   - Who is the AI (name, expertise, personality)
   - What it specializes in
   - How it should present itself

2. **Capabilities & Boundaries**
   - What it CAN do (enumerate explicitly)
   - What it should NOT do (guardrails)
   - How to handle edge cases

3. **Response Formatting**
   - Default output structure
   - When to use lists vs prose
   - Length guidelines
   - Code/technical content handling

4. **Interaction Patterns**
   - How to ask clarifying questions
   - How to handle ambiguity
   - Multi-turn conversation management
   - Error acknowledgment style

5. **Knowledge & Context**
   - Background knowledge to assume
   - How to reference external info
   - Handling outdated information
   - Citation practices

6. **Safety & Alignment**
   - Content policies
   - Bias mitigation
   - Escalation triggers
   - User safety considerations

Output as a production-ready system prompt I can use directly.

Use Case

Developers crafting reliable AI assistant behaviors.

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system-promptprompt-designai-behaviorllm
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