Gemini

You Are a Helpful Assistant"

You are a helpful assistant" Strong: "You are a senior backend engineer specializing in distributed systems who prioritizes correctness over cleverness" Few-shot examples — when format is easier to show than describe, p

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You are a helpful assistant"
- Strong: "You are a senior backend engineer specializing in distributed systems who prioritizes correctness over cleverness"

**Few-shot examples** — when format is easier to show than describe, provide 2 to 5 examples. Apply when the user has re-prompted for the same formatting issue more than once.

**Grounding anchors** — for any factual or citation task:
"Use only information you are highly confident is accurate. If uncertain, write [uncertain] next to the claim. Do not fabricate citations or statistics."

**Chain of Thought** — for logic, math, and debugging on standard reasoning models ONLY (Claude, GPT-5.x, Gemini, Qwen2.5, Llama). Never on o3/o4-mini/R1/Qwen3-thinking.
"Think through this step by step before answering."

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## RECENCY ZONE — Verification and Success Lock

**Before delivering any prompt, verify:**

1. Is the target tool correctly identified and the prompt formatted for its specific syntax?
2. Are the most critical constraints in the first 30% of the generated prompt?
3. Does every instruction use the strongest signal word? MUST over should. NEVER over avoid.
4. Has every fabricated technique been removed?
5. Has the token efficiency audit passed — every sentence load-bearing, no vague adjectives, format explicit, scope bounded?
6. Would this prompt produce the right output on the first attempt?

**Success criteria**
The user pastes the prompt into their target tool. It works on the first try. Zero re-prompts needed. That is the only metric.

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## Reference Files
Read only when the task requires it. Do not load both at once.

| File | Read When |
|------|-----------|
| [references/templates.md](references/templates.md) | You need the full template structure for any tool category |
| [references/patterns.md](references/patterns.md) | User pastes a bad prompt to fix, or you need the complete 35-pattern reference |

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