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System Context Designer

Separating capabilities from restrictions, and including edge cases, produces a system context that is robust to unexpected inputs.

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Design a system prompt and context structure for an AI {{role}} that will be used by {{audience}}.\n\nThe AI should:\n{{capabilities_list}}\n\nIt should NOT:\n{{restrictions_list}}\n\nAvailable context sources at runtime:\n{{available_context}}\n\nGenerate:\n1. The system prompt (with clear sections for role, capabilities, constraints, and output format)\n2. A context assembly template showing how runtime context should be injected\n3. Example of a fully assembled prompt with all context sources populated\n4. Edge cases where the context structure might break down and how to handle them

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{{role}}{{audience}}{{capabilities_list}}{{restrictions_list}}{{available_context}}

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Separating capabilities from restrictions, and including edge cases, produces a system context that is robust to unexpected inputs.

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