Role Prompting

What is role prompting?

Role prompting is a technique in prompt engineering to control the output generated by the model by assigning a specific role to the model. For example, we can ask the model to act as a poet, a comedian, etc. For effective role prompting, it is essential to give the model some context about how we expect it to respond, given the particular role. The more information and details we give to the model in the prompts, the more chances we get accurate and relevant responses.

Examples of role prompting

Let's look at examples of how we can make the model act out a specific role. The length of the descriptions can vary depending on the scenario, ranging from concise one-liners to more detailed accounts. For now, let's begin with some simple ones.

Fiction writer