Advanced Prompting Concepts

Now that we know how to design simple prompts, let's go over some advanced concepts for prompt engineering.

System messages

Include a system-level message at the beginning of the conversation to guide the model's behavior. System messages can provide high-level instructions to the model, such as assuming a role or adopting a particular tone. For instance, we can instruct the model to answer as a knowledgeable expert or provide responses in the manner of certain personalities.

The following prompts use the same instruction. The second one uses a system message to instruct the model to act a certain way. We expect the responses to be markedly different.