AI Glossary
Instructions set by the developer of an AI application that define the model's role, rules and style before the user's messages.
A customer-support bot’s system prompt might say which products it covers, how to escalate and what it must never promise. Users usually don’t see it, though it can sometimes be extracted.
System prompts shape behavior but are not a security boundary on their own.
A system prompt sets an AI model's role, rules and output format. Learn a simple structure, see a before-and-after example and avoid mistakes that cause drift.
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