AI & Prompt Engineering Prompts

Write a comprehensive system prompt for an AI customer support assistant for [company name] in the [industry]. The AI should: handle common queries about [list topics], maintain brand voice [describe], escalate to humans when [describe triggers], never do [list restrictions], always [list mandatory behaviours], and follow this response format: [describe]. Include: role, context, tone, capabilities, limitations, and output format.

Write a system prompt for a specialised AI writing assistant for [specific use case: legal/medical/marketing/academic]. Define: the AI's role and expertise, the specific style guide and terminology to follow, what makes a good output in this domain, common pitfalls to avoid, how to handle ambiguous instructions, and the ideal output format for different task types.

Write a system prompt for an AI research assistant for [organisation type/research field]. Cover: research scope and focus, how to evaluate source quality and credibility, citation format requirements, how to signal confidence/uncertainty in findings, what to do when information is incomplete, and how to structure research summaries. Include guardrails for accuracy.

Audit and improve this existing system prompt: [paste current system prompt]. Evaluate: clarity of role definition, specificity of instructions, handling of edge cases, potential for misinterpretation, missing instructions that could cause issues, and unnecessary constraints. Rewrite an improved version with your changes annotated and explained.