set_system_prompt: Set system prompt of a tidyprompt object

In tidyprompt: Prompt Large Language Models and Enhance Their Functionality

Set system prompt of a tidyprompt object

Description

Set the system prompt for a prompt. The system prompt will be added as a message with role 'system' at the start of the chat history when this prompt is evaluated by send_prompt().

Usage

set_system_prompt(prompt, system_prompt)

Arguments

prompt	A single string or a tidyprompt() object
system_prompt	A single character string representing the system prompt

Details

The system prompt will be stored in the tidyprompt() object as '$system_prompt'.

Value

A tidyprompt() with the system prompt set

See Also

Other pre_built_prompt_wraps: add_text(), answer_as_boolean(), answer_as_category(), answer_as_integer(), answer_as_json(), answer_as_list(), answer_as_multi_category(), answer_as_named_list(), answer_as_regex_match(), answer_as_text(), answer_by_chain_of_thought(), answer_by_react(), answer_using_r(), answer_using_sql(), answer_using_tools(), prompt_wrap(), quit_if()

Other miscellaneous_prompt_wraps: add_text(), quit_if()

Examples

prompt <- "Hi there!" |>
  set_system_prompt("You are an assistant who always answers in very short poems.")
prompt$system_prompt

## Not run: 
  prompt |>
    send_prompt(llm_provider_ollama())
  # --- Sending request to LLM provider (llama3.1:8b): ---
  #   Hi there!
  # --- Receiving response from LLM provider: ---
  #   Hello to you, I say,
  #   Welcome here, come what may!
  #   How can I assist today?
  # [1] "Hello to you, I say,\nWelcome here, come what may!\nHow can I assist today?"

## End(Not run)

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