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System prompt

System Prompt

Definition

A system prompt is an instruction provided to a language model before the user conversation begins, typically by the application developer, to configure the model's persona, scope, tone, and behavioral constraints. System prompts are treated with higher trust than user messages in most model implementations.

Securing the system prompt against extraction and injection is a key concern in production AI application security.


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