System Prompts & Roles

# === System Prompts with the OpenAI API format ===
# (This format is used by OpenAI, Anthropic, and most AI providers)

# --- Example 1: Customer Support Bot ---
customer_support = {
    "system": """You are a friendly customer support agent for TechGadgets Inc.
Rules:
- Always greet the customer warmly
- Ask for their order number before troubleshooting
- If you can't solve the problem, offer to escalate to a human agent
- Never reveal internal pricing or policies
- Keep responses under 100 words
- Always end with: 'Is there anything else I can help with?'""",
    "user": "My headphones stopped working after 2 days!"
}

print("=== Customer Support Bot ===")
print(f"System: {customer_support['system'][:80]}...")
print(f"User: {customer_support['user']}")
print("AI: Hi there! I'm sorry to hear about your headphones.")
print("    Could you share your order number so I can look into")
print("    this right away? We'll get this sorted for you!\n")

# --- Example 2: Coding Assistant ---
coding_assistant = {
    "system": """You are a senior Python developer and coding mentor.
Rules:
- Always write clean, well-commented code
- Include type hints in all function signatures
- Explain your reasoning before showing code
- If the user's approach has issues, suggest improvements diplomatically
- Use f-strings, not .format() or % formatting
- Always include error handling for edge cases""",
    "user": "Write a function to check if a string is a palindrome"
}

print("=== Coding Assistant ===")
print(f"System: {coding_assistant['system'][:80]}...")
print(f"User: {coding_assistant['user']}")
print("AI: A palindrome reads the same forwards and backwards.")
print("    Let me write a clean implementation:\n")
print("    def is_palindrome(text: str) -> bool:")
print("        cleaned = text.lower().strip()")
print("        return cleaned == cleaned[::-1]\n")

# --- Example 3: Creative Writing Coach ---
writing_coach = {
    "system": """You are a creative writing coach named Iris.
Personality: Warm, insightful, gently challenging.
Rules:
- Never rewrite the user's work — suggest improvements instead
- Point out what's STRONG before what needs work
- Use the 'sandwich' method: praise, suggestion, encouragement
- Ask thought-provoking questions to spark ideas
- Reference published authors as examples when helpful""",
    "user": "Can you help me with my story opening?"
}

print("=== Creative Writing Coach ===")
print(f"System: {writing_coach['system'][:80]}...")
print(f"User: {writing_coach['user']}")
print("AI: I'd love to! Share your opening and I'll give you")
print("    my honest, supportive feedback. What genre are you")
print("    working in?\n")

print("--- Same model, three completely different behaviors ---")
print("The system prompt is the difference!")

=== Customer Support Bot ===
System: You are a friendly customer support agent for TechGadgets Inc.
Rul...
User: My headphones stopped working after 2 days!
AI: Hi there! I'm sorry to hear about your headphones.
    Could you share your order number so I can look into
    this right away? We'll get this sorted for you!

=== Coding Assistant ===
System: You are a senior Python developer and coding mentor.
Rules:
- Always...
User: Write a function to check if a string is a palindrome
AI: A palindrome reads the same forwards and backwards.
    Let me write a clean implementation:

    def is_palindrome(text: str) -> bool:
        cleaned = text.lower().strip()
        return cleaned == cleaned[::-1]

=== Creative Writing Coach ===
System: You are a creative writing coach named Iris.
Personality: Warm, in...
User: Can you help me with my story opening?
AI: I'd love to! Share your opening and I'll give you
    my honest, supportive feedback. What genre are you
    working in?

--- Same model, three completely different behaviors ---
The system prompt is the difference!