System instructionsTalking to AI
System prompt
Standing instructions given to an AI before any conversation starts, setting its role, tone and rules. The people chatting with it usually don't see them.
In the workshop
The house rules pinned up by the workshop door, which every apprentice reads before touching a tool.
In your business
'You answer customer questions for a bakery. Reply in Dutch, never promise same-day delivery and pass complaints to the owner.'
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