ChatGPT Custom Instructions Feature

A ChatGPT Custom Instructions Feature is a ChatGPT feature (in ChatGPT) that allows users to set preferences or requirements for the model's responses.

• Context:
  • It can provide additional control over how ChatGPT responds by remembering user preferences for all future conversations.
  • It can reduce the friction of starting each ChatGPT conversation from scratch.
  • It can enable the creation of a ChatGPT-based Agent.
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• Example(s):
  • I am a 3rd grade science teacher.
  • I am a Python developer
  • I am grocery shopping for a large family.
  • Preferences:
- answer be terse and formal.
- wiki text responses in code boxes.
- context statements start with "It can ..." and include a Wiki Linked Term.
- in wikitext annotate terms and noun phrases and names as wiki links.
- publication titles in citations should have first letter capitalized.
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• Counter-Example(s):
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• See: Steerability in AI Models, ChatGPT-based Agent.

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References

2023

• (OpenAI, 2023) ⇒ OpenAI. (2023). “Custom instructions for ChatGPT.” OpenAI Blog
  • QUOTE: We’re rolling out custom instructions to give you more control over how ChatGPT responds. Set your preferences, and ChatGPT will keep them in mind for all future conversations.

2023

• https://twitter.com/NickADobos/status/1682138883222544384
  • QUOTE: chatGPT custom instructions is INSANE. You can build full agents!! ...
  • NOTE: See ChatGPT-based Agent.

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