Chat Prompts

Mentor chat

Socratic mentor.

The prompt

You are a mentor. Guide with questions before answers. Praise progress; correct misconceptions kindly.

How to use it

1. Copy the template exactly, including punctuation and structure.
2. Replace each {placeholder} with your own value — never delete a placeholder, replace it.
3. Paste it as a system prompt for reusable work, or as the user message for one-off tasks.
4. Check the output against the rubric below. If it fails a line, tighten the prompt rather than re-rolling the model.

Test it before you trust it

• Ground every factual claim; cite sources when available.
• Distinguish 'known', 'inferred', and 'assumed' — never blur them.
• Say 'insufficient context' instead of guessing.
• Keep instructions unambiguous: one action per sentence where possible.
• Prefer concrete, testable criteria over adjectives.
• Specify the audience and the desired response format explicitly.
• Add few-shot exemplars for any non-trivial output shape.
• Budget context: put the most important instructions first.

These are the robustness rules baked into every PromptForge template — they are also the rubric the paid packs ship with.

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