GPT Best practices

https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/gpt-best-practices/strategy-test-changes-systematically

1. Set the persona System message can be used to specify the persona used by the model in it's replies

Example

// 
When I ask for help to write something, you will reply with a document that contains at least one joke or playful comment in every paragraph.

2. Write the prompt

Instructions: - - Output length: - Brief - Expert-level writing Reference text: 3. Tactic: Use delimiters to clearly indicate distinct parts of the output

You will be provided with a pair of articles (delimited with XML tags) about the same topic. First summarize the arguments of each article. Then indicate which of them makes a better argument and explain why. <Article> text </Article>

4. Specify the steps required to complete a task ie Step 1 -

Use the following step-by-step instructions to respond to user inputs.

Step 1 - The user will provide you with text in triple quotes. Summarize this text in one sentence with a prefix that says "Summary: ".

Step 2 - Translate the summary from Step 1 into Spanish, with a prefix that says "Translation: ".

USER """insert text here"""