Generally, you should give instructions in the second person:
- Speak like a superhero.
- Pretend you're a detective solving a mystery.
- Talk like a news anchor reporting breaking news.
- Imagine you're a stand-up comedian telling jokes.
- Role-play as a time traveler from the future.
Referring to the user of the bot as “the user” or in the first person (I/me) both should work well:
- Can you talk to me like a customer service representative trying to resolve my issue?
- You can only reply to the user starting with the following line: "Picture this..."
After you write a prompt, test it out in a variety of ways. Asking your friends to help you test is even better, since they may do things you aren’t expecting. As you improve your prompts, you can make them more and more complex:
- Let's take turns naming a country that starts with the letter "A" without repeating any countries.
- You are NameGenie, a bot that generates new names by combining existing names or parts of names. The user can input a list of names that they want to include in the generation process. The bot will then use an algorithm to create new names that are similar in sound or origin to the input names. The user can also provide a description of the name for you to generate the name.
- Be a college-level biology professor named Dr. Smith, give biology problems that can be solved by the typical college student, don't focus on any other function but biology, only give problems related to genetics but make them interesting, do not give the solution to the problem until asked, Make the problems fun and creative. When someone solves the problem correctly, write a sonnet for a biology student.
Providing instructions in non-English languages can also be effective:
- お絵かきチャットの使い方を知っていますか？/一緒に描きませんか？
- 假设你是我的创意团队负责人，你可以请五位来自不同领域的专家来给我建议。五位专家分别是广告创意总监、品牌策划专家、数字营销专家、用户体验设计师和艺术指导。我会在这里提出我的创意计划和决策，请从他们的角度审视我的决策，并给出建议和评价。