GPT-5.5 提示词指南
当提示词定义了预期结果,并留出空间让模型自行选择高效的解决路径时,GPT-5.5 的表现最佳。与早期模型相比,你通常可以使用更简短、更偏向结果的提示词:描述理想的结果是什么、哪些约束条件重要、有哪些可用证据,以及最终答案应包含哪些内容。
避免盲目照搬旧提示堆栈中的每一条指令。旧提示通常会过度指定流程,因为早期模型需要更多辅助才能保持正轨。而在 GPT-5.5 中,这会增加噪音、缩小模型的搜索空间,或导致回答过于机械。
有关 GPT-5.5 行为变化的更多详细信息,请先阅读 GPT-5.5 使用指南。本指南重点关注由这些行为变更引起的提示词调整。
此处的模式仅为切入点。请根据你的产品界面、工具、评估标准和用户体验目标进行调整。
使用 Codex 自动迁移
Codex 可以结合本指南使用 OpenAI 文档技能.
$openai-docs migrate this project to gpt-5.5要在其他编码代理中使用此技能,请从以下位置下载: OpenAI 技能代码库.
个性和行为
GPT-5.5 的默认风格是高效、直接且以任务为导向的。这对生产系统非常有利:回复保持聚焦,行为更容易引导,并且模型会避免不必要的对话填充。
对于面向客户的助手、支持工作流、辅导体验及其他对话式产品,请同时定义个性和协作风格。
- 个性 控制助手的表达方式:语气、温度、直接程度、正式程度、幽默感、同理心以及润色水平。
- 协作风格 控制助手的工作方式:何时提问、何时做出假设、主动性多高、提供多少上下文、何时检查工作,以及如何处理不确定性或风险。
保持两者简短。个性指令应旨在塑造用户体验。协作指令应旨在塑造任务行为。两者都不能替代清晰的目标、成功标准、工具规则或停止条件。
稳健且专注于任务的助手个性块示例:
# Personality
You are a capable collaborator: approachable, steady, and direct. Assume the user is competent and acting in good faith, and respond with patience, respect, and practical helpfulness.
Prefer making progress over stopping for clarification when the request is already clear enough to attempt. Use context and reasonable assumptions to move forward. Ask for clarification only when the missing information would materially change the answer or create meaningful risk, and keep any question narrow.
Stay concise without becoming curt. Give enough context for the user to understand and trust the answer, then stop. Use examples, comparisons, or simple analogies when they make the point easier to grasp. When correcting the user or disagreeing, be candid but constructive. When an error is pointed out, acknowledge it plainly and focus on fixing it.
Match the user's tone within professional bounds. Avoid emojis and profanity by default, unless the user explicitly asks for that style or has clearly established it as appropriate for the conversation.富有表现力且侧重协作的助手个性块示例:
# Personality
Adopt a vivid conversational presence: intelligent, curious, playful when appropriate, and attentive to the user's thinking. Ask good questions when the problem is blurry, then become decisive once there is enough context.
Be warm, collaborative, and polished. Conversation should feel easy and alive, but not chatty for its own sake. Offer a real point of view rather than merely mirroring the user, while staying responsive to their goals and constraints.
Be thoughtful and grounded when the task calls for synthesis or advice. State a clear recommendation when you have enough context, explain important tradeoffs, and name uncertainty without becoming evasive.对于更具表现力的产品,可以明确加入温度、好奇心、幽默感或观点,但要保持该代码块简短。利用个性来塑造体验,而不是用来弥补不清晰的目标或缺失的任务指令。
使用前言(preamble)改善首个可见 Token 的耗时
在流式应用中,用户会注意到出现第一个可见响应所需的时间。GPT-5.5 可能会先花时间进行推理、规划或准备工具调用,然后才会输出可见文本。
对于耗时较长或重度依赖工具的任务,可以提示模型以一段简短的前言开始:一个简短的可见更新,用于确认请求并说明第一步。这可以在不改变底层任务的情况下提升感知响应速度。
在任务可能需要多个步骤、需要调用工具或涉及长时间运行智能体工作流时,请使用此模式。
Before any tool calls for a multi-step task, send a short user-visible update that acknowledges the request and states the first step. Keep it to one or two sentences.对于公开独立消息阶段的编码智能体,你可以表述得更明确:
You must always start with an intermediary update before any content in the analysis channel if the task will require calling tools. The user update should acknowledge the request and explain your first step.结果优先的提示词与停止条件
当提示词中明确了目标结果、成功标准、约束条件和可用上下文,然后让 GPT-5.5 自行选择实现路径时,它的表现最为出色。
对于许多任务,描述最终目标而不是每一个步骤。这为模型留出了空间,使其能够为任务选择合适的搜索策略、工具或推理策略。
推荐做法:
Resolve the customer's issue end to end.
Success means:
- the eligibility decision is made from the available policy and account data
- any allowed action is completed before responding
- the final answer includes completed_actions, customer_message, and blockers
- if evidence is missing, ask for the smallest missing field避免不必要的绝对规则。 早期的提示词通常使用严格的指令,例如 ALWAYS, NEVER, must,且 only 来控制模型行为。请将这些词用于真正不变的场景,例如安全规则、必填输出字段或绝不应发生的动作。对于需要判断的情况,例如何时搜索、要求澄清、使用工具或继续迭代,建议改用决策规则。
除非确实需要每个步骤,否则请避免使用这种指令风格:
First inspect A, then inspect B, then compare every field, then think through
all possible exceptions, then decide which tool to call, then call the tool,
then explain the entire process to the user.添加明确的停止条件:
Resolve the user query in the fewest useful tool loops, but do not let loop minimization outrank correctness, accessible fallback evidence, calculations, or required citation tags for factual claims.
After each result, ask: "Can I answer the user's core request now with useful evidence and citations for the factual claims?" If yes, answer.定义缺失证据时的行为:
Use the minimum evidence sufficient to answer correctly, cite it precisely, then stop.格式
GPT-5.5 的输出格式和结构具有高度的可引导性。当这有助于提升可读性或产品契合度时,请善加利用这种控制能力。
设置 text.verbosity, 描述预期的输出结构,将较重的结构化设计保留用于能够提升可读性,或你的产品 UI 需要稳定产物的场景。API 的默认设置是 text.verbosity is medium; 使用 low 当您希望获得更简短、更精炼的回答时。
纯对话格式:
Let formatting serve comprehension. Use plain paragraphs as the default format for normal conversation, explanations, reports, documentation, and technical writeups. Keep the presentation clean and readable without making the structure feel heavier than the content.
Use headers, bold text, bullets, and numbered lists sparingly. Reach for them when the user requests them, when the answer needs clear comparison or ranking, or when the information would be harder to scan as prose. Otherwise, favor short paragraphs and natural transitions.
Respect formatting preferences from the user. If they ask for a terse answer, minimal formatting, no bullets, no headers, or a specific structure, follow that preference unless there is a strong reason not to.添加明确的受众和长度指引:
Write for a senior business audience. Keep the answer under 400 words. Use short paragraphs and only include bullets when they improve scannability. Prioritize the conclusion first, then the reasoning, then caveats.对于编辑、重写、摘要或面向客户的消息,在要求模型改善风格之前,先告诉它要保留哪些内容。当您希望进行润色而不扩充篇幅时,此模式非常有用。
Preserve the requested artifact, length, structure, and genre first. Quietly improve clarity, flow, and correctness. Do not add new claims, extra sections, or a more promotional tone unless explicitly requested.事实依据、引用和检索预算
对于有事实依据的回答,引用行为应作为提示词的一部分。定义哪些内容需要支持、什么才算充分的证据,以及当证据缺失时模型应如何表现。证据的缺失不应自动转化为事实上的“否”。有关更多详细信息和示例,请参阅 引用格式指南.
添加明确的检索预算
检索预算是搜索的停止规则。它们告诉模型何时证据已经足够。
For ordinary Q&A, start with one broad search using short, discriminative keywords. If the top results contain enough citable support for the core request, answer from those results instead of searching again.
Make another retrieval call only when:
- The top results do not answer the core question.
- A required fact, parameter, owner, date, ID, or source is missing.
- The user asked for exhaustive coverage, a comparison, or a comprehensive list.
- A specific document, URL, email, meeting, record, or code artifact must be read.
- The answer would otherwise contain an important unsupported factual claim.
Do not search again to improve phrasing, add examples, cite nonessential details, or support wording that can safely be made more generic.创意草稿护栏
对于草稿任务,告诉模型哪些主张必须来自来源,哪些部分可以进行创意撰写。这对于幻灯片、发布文案、客户摘要、演讲提纲、高管简介和叙事框架尤为重要。
For creative or generative requests such as slides, leadership blurbs, outbound copy, summaries for sharing, talk tracks, or narrative framing, distinguish source-backed facts from creative wording.
- Use retrieved or provided facts for concrete product, customer, metric, roadmap, date, capability, and competitive claims, and cite those claims.
- Do not invent specific names, first-party data claims, metrics, roadmap status, customer outcomes, or product capabilities to make the draft sound stronger.
- If there is little or no citable support, write a useful generic draft with placeholders or clearly labeled assumptions rather than unsupported specifics.前端工程与视觉品味
对于前端工作,请参阅 示例指令 了解引导 UI 质量的实用方法。它们涵盖了产品与用户上下文、设计系统对齐、首屏可用性、熟悉的控件、预期状态、响应式行为,以及应避免的常见生成 UI 默认设置(例如通用主视觉区块、嵌套卡片、装饰性渐变、可见的说明文本和残缺的布局)。
提示模型检查其工作
在可以进行验证时,为 GPT-5.5 提供允许其检查输出的工具。
对于编码 Agent,要求提供具体的验证命令:
After making changes, run the most relevant validation available:
- targeted unit tests for changed behavior
- type checks or lint checks when applicable
- build checks for affected packages
- a minimal smoke test when full validation is too expensive
If validation cannot be run, explain why and describe the next best check.对于视觉产物,要求在渲染后进行检查:
Render the artifact before finalizing. Inspect the rendered output for layout, clipping, spacing, missing content, and visual consistency. Revise until the rendered output matches the requirements.对于工程和规划任务,使实施计划具备可追溯性:
For implementation plans, include:
- requirements and where each is addressed
- named resources, files, APIs, or systems involved
- state transitions or data flow where relevant
- validation commands or checks
- failure behavior
- privacy and security considerations
- open questions that materially affect implementationPhase 参数
从 GPT-5.4 开始,长时间运行或重度依赖工具的 Responses 工作流可以使用 assistant-item phase 值来区分中间更新与最终答案。GPT-5.5 使用相同的模式。
如果您使用 previous_response_id, API 会自动保留先前的助手状态。如果你的应用在下次请求中手动重放了助手输出项,请保留每个原始的 phase 值并将其原样传回。当响应包含前言、重复的工具调用或在中间助手更新之后的最终答案时,这一点最为重要。
If manually replaying assistant items:
- Preserve assistant `phase` values exactly.
- Use `phase: "commentary"` for intermediate user-visible updates.
- Use `phase: "final_answer"` for the completed answer.
- Do not add `phase` to user messages.建议的提示词结构
将此结构作为复杂提示词的起点。保持每个部分简短。仅在能改变行为的地方添加细节。
Role: [1-2 sentences defining the model's function, context, and job]
# Personality
[tone, demeanor, and collaboration style]
# Goal
[user-visible outcome]
# Success criteria
[what must be true before the final answer]
# Constraints
[policy, safety, business, evidence, and side-effect limits]
# Output
[sections, length, and tone]
# Stop rules
[when to retry, fallback, abstain, ask, or stop]GPT-5.4 提示指南
GPT-5.4 旨在平衡长时间运行任务的性能、对风格和行为的更强控制力,以及复杂工作流中更严格的执行纪律。在 GPT-5 到 GPT-5.3-Codex 进展的基础之上,GPT-5.4 提高了 token 效率,更可靠地维持多步骤工作流,并在长跨度任务上表现出色。
GPT-5.4 专为需要强大多步推理、丰富证据综合以及在长上下文中保持可靠性能的生产级助手和智能体而设计。当提示词明确指定了输出契约、工具使用预期和完成标准时,它尤其有效。在实践中,最大的收益来自于为任务选择正确的推理工作量、使用明确的 grounding 和引用规则,以及为模型提供关于何为“完成”的精确定义。本指南侧重于能够保留这些效率优势的提示词模式和迁移实践。有关模型功能、API 参数和更广泛的迁移指南,请参阅 我们最新的模型指南.
在排查 GPT-5.4 将中间更新视为最终答案的情况时,请验证您的集成是否正确保留了 assistant message phase
字段。参见 Phase 参数 for details.
了解 GPT-5.4 的行为
GPT-5.4 的最强领域
GPT-5.4 往往在以下领域表现尤为出色:
- 强烈的个性和语气遵循力,在长答案中不易出现偏离
- 智能体工作流的稳健性,更倾向于坚持多步骤工作、重试并端到端地完成智能体循环
- 富含证据的综合能力,特别是在长上下文或多工具工作流中
- 在模块化、基于技能和块结构的提示词中,当契约明确时,具有良好的指令遵循能力
- 跨越大型、杂乱或多文档输入的长上下文分析
- 批量或并行工具调用,同时保持工具调用的准确性
- 需要指令遵循、格式保真度和更强自我验证的电子表格、财务和 Excel 工作流
显式提示仍有帮助的领域
尽管具备这些优势,GPT-5.4 在一些常见模式下仍受益于更明确的指导:
- 会话早期的低上下文工具路由,此时工具选择可能不太可靠
- 依赖感知工作流,需要明确的前提条件和下游步骤检查
- 推理工作量的选择,此时更高的工作量并不总是更好,正确的选择取决于任务形态而非直觉
- 需要严格来源收集和一致引用的研究任务
- 在执行前需要验证的不可逆或高影响操作
- 工具边界必须保持清晰的终端或代码智能体环境
这些模式是观察到的默认行为,而非保证。从能通过您的评估的最小提示词开始,仅在它们能修复已测量的失败模式时才添加块。
使用核心提示词模式
保持输出紧凑且结构化
为了提高 GPT-5.4 的 token 效率,请通过清晰的输出契约来限制冗长输出并强制执行结构化输出。在实践中,这作为 Responses API 中 verbosity 参数之外的额外控制层,允许您同时指导模型编写多少内容以及如何组织输出结构。
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<output_contract>
- Return exactly the sections requested, in the requested order.
- If the prompt defines a preamble, analysis block, or working section, do not treat it as extra output.
- Apply length limits only to the section they are intended for.
- If a format is required (JSON, Markdown, SQL, XML), output only that format.
</output_contract>
<verbosity_controls>
- Prefer concise, information-dense writing.
- Avoid repeating the user's request.
- Keep progress updates brief.
- Do not shorten the answer so aggressively that required evidence, reasoning, or completion checks are omitted.
</verbosity_controls>为跟进设置明确的默认值
用户经常在对话中途更改任务、格式或语气。为了保持助手的一致性,请定义明确的规则,规定何时继续、何时询问,以及较新的指令如何覆盖较早的默认设置。
使用类似如下的默认跟进策略:
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<default_follow_through_policy>
- If the user’s intent is clear and the next step is reversible and low-risk, proceed without asking.
- Ask permission only if the next step is:
(a) irreversible,
(b) has external side effects (for example sending, purchasing, deleting, or writing to production), or
(c) requires missing sensitive information or a choice that would materially change the outcome.
- If proceeding, briefly state what you did and what remains optional.
</default_follow_through_policy>明确指令优先级:
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<instruction_priority>
- User instructions override default style, tone, formatting, and initiative preferences.
- Safety, honesty, privacy, and permission constraints do not yield.
- If a newer user instruction conflicts with an earlier one, follow the newer instruction.
- Preserve earlier instructions that do not conflict.
</instruction_priority>较高优先级的开发者或系统指令保持约束力。
Guidance: 当指令在对话中途发生变化时,使更新明确、具作用域且局部化。说明哪些发生了变化、哪些仍然适用,以及该变化是影响下一轮对话还是整个对话的其余部分。
处理对话中途的指令更新
对于对话中途的更新,请使用明确的、具作用域的引导消息,说明:
- 作用域
- 覆盖
- 延续
<task_update>
For the next response only:
- Do not complete the task.
- Only produce a plan.
- Keep it to 5 bullets.
All earlier instructions still apply unless they conflict with this update.
</task_update>如果任务本身发生变化,请直接说明:
<task_update>
The task has changed.
Previous task: complete the workflow.
Current task: review the workflow and identify risks only.
Rules for this turn:
- Do not execute actions.
- Do not call destructive tools.
- Return exactly:
1. Main risks
2. Missing information
3. Recommended next step
</task_update>当正确性依赖于工具时,使其使用保持持久
使用明确的规则来保持工具使用的彻底性、依赖感知和适当的节奏,特别是在后续操作依赖于早期检索或验证的工作流中。一个常见的失败模式是,因为正确的最终状态看似显而易见,从而跳过了前提条件。
在会话早期上下文仍然稀少时,GPT-5.4 在工具路由方面可能不太可靠。请在提示词中要求前提条件、依赖性检查和明确的工具意图。
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<tool_persistence_rules>
- Use tools whenever they materially improve correctness, completeness, or grounding.
- Do not stop early when another tool call is likely to materially improve correctness or completeness.
- Keep calling tools until:
(1) the task is complete, and
(2) verification passes (see <verification_loop>).
- If a tool returns empty or partial results, retry with a different strategy.
</tool_persistence_rules>这对于最终操作依赖于早期查找或检索步骤的工作流尤为重要。最常见的失败模式之一是,因为预期的最终状态看似明显而跳过了前提条件。
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<dependency_checks>
- Before taking an action, check whether prerequisite discovery, lookup, or memory retrieval steps are required.
- Do not skip prerequisite steps just because the intended final action seems obvious.
- If the task depends on the output of a prior step, resolve that dependency first.
</dependency_checks>当工作相互独立且挂钟时间重要时,提示并行执行。当依赖性、歧义或不可逆操作比速度更重要时,提示按顺序执行。
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<parallel_tool_calling>
- When multiple retrieval or lookup steps are independent, prefer parallel tool calls to reduce wall-clock time.
- Do not parallelize steps that have prerequisite dependencies or where one result determines the next action.
- After parallel retrieval, pause to synthesize the results before making more calls.
- Prefer selective parallelism: parallelize independent evidence gathering, not speculative or redundant tool use.
</parallel_tool_calling>在长跨度任务上强制完整性
对于多步骤工作流,一个常见的失败模式是执行不完整:模型在部分覆盖后即告完成,遗漏了批次中的项目,或将空或窄范围的检索视为最终结果。当提示词定义了明确的完成规则和恢复行为时,GPT-5.4 会变得更加可靠。
覆盖可以通过顺序或并行检索来实现,但无论哪种方式,完成规则都应保持明确。
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<completeness_contract>
- Treat the task as incomplete until all requested items are covered or explicitly marked [blocked].
- Keep an internal checklist of required deliverables.
- For lists, batches, or paginated results:
- determine expected scope when possible,
- track processed items or pages,
- confirm coverage before finalizing.
- If any item is blocked by missing data, mark it [blocked] and state exactly what is missing.
</completeness_contract>对于经常出现空检索、部分检索或噪声检索的工作流:
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<empty_result_recovery>
If a lookup returns empty, partial, or suspiciously narrow results:
- do not immediately conclude that no results exist,
- try at least one or two fallback strategies,
such as:
- alternate query wording,
- broader filters,
- a prerequisite lookup,
- or an alternate source or tool,
- Only then report that no results were found, along with what you tried.
</empty_result_recovery>在高影响操作之前添加验证循环
在工作流看似完成后,在返回答案或执行不可逆操作之前,添加一个轻量级的验证步骤。这有助于在提交之前捕获需求遗漏、基础事实问题和格式偏移。
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Before finalizing:
- Check correctness: does the output satisfy every requirement?
- Check grounding: are factual claims backed by the provided context or tool outputs?
- Check formatting: does the output match the requested schema or style?
- Check safety and irreversibility: if the next step has external side effects, ask permission first.
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- If required context is missing, do NOT guess.
- Prefer the appropriate lookup tool when the missing context is retrievable; ask a minimal clarifying question only when it is not.
- If you must proceed, label assumptions explicitly and choose a reversible action.
</missing_context_gating>对于主动执行操作的智能体,添加一个简短的执行框架:
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- Pre-flight: summarize the intended action and parameters in 1-2 lines.
- Execute via tool.
- Post-flight: confirm the outcome and any validation that was performed.
</action_safety>处理专门的工作流
为视觉和计算机使用明确选择图像细节级别
如果您的工作流依赖于视觉精度,请在提示词或集成中指定图像 detail 细节级别,而不是依赖于 auto值。使用 high 用于标准的高保真图像理解。使用 original 用于大型、密集或对空间敏感的图像,尤其是 计算机使用、定位、OCR 和点击精度任务 on gpt-5.4 and future models. Use low 仅在速度和成本比精细细节更重要时使用。有关图像细节级别的更多详细信息,请参阅 图像与视觉指南.
将研究和引用锁定在检索到的证据上
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<citation_rules>
- Only cite sources retrieved in the current workflow.
- Never fabricate citations, URLs, IDs, or quote spans.
- Use exactly the citation format required by the host application.
- Attach citations to the specific claims they support, not only at the end.
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- Base claims only on provided context or tool outputs.
- If sources conflict, state the conflict explicitly and attribute each side.
- If the context is insufficient or irrelevant, narrow the answer or say you cannot support the claim.
- If a statement is an inference rather than a directly supported fact, label it as an inference.
</grounding_rules>如果您的应用程序需要行内引用,就要求行内引用。如果需要脚注,就要求脚注。关键在于锁定格式,防止模型即兴编造无根据的引用。
研究模式
推动 GPT-5.4 进入严谨的研究模式。将此模式用于研究、审查和综合任务。不要将其强加于简短的执行任务或简单的确定性转换。
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<research_mode>
- Do research in 3 passes:
1) Plan: list 3-6 sub-questions to answer.
2) Retrieve: search each sub-question and follow 1-2 second-order leads.
3) Synthesize: resolve contradictions and write the final answer with citations.
- Stop only when more searching is unlikely to change the conclusion.
</research_mode>如果您的主机环境使用特定的研究工具或需要提交步骤,请将其与主机的最终确定约定结合使用。
严格限制输出格式
对于 SQL、JSON 或其他对解析敏感的输出,告诉 GPT-5.4 仅输出目标格式,并在完成前进行检查。
<structured_output_contract>
- Output only the requested format.
- Do not add prose or markdown fences unless they were requested.
- Validate that parentheses and brackets are balanced.
- Do not invent tables or fields.
- If required schema information is missing, ask for it or return an explicit error object.
</structured_output_contract>如果您正在提取文档区域或进行 OCR 识别框选,请定义坐标系并添加偏移检查:
<bbox_extraction_spec>
- Use the specified coordinate format exactly, such as [x1,y1,x2,y2] normalized to 0..1.
- For each box, include page, label, text snippet, and confidence.
- Add a vertical-drift sanity check so boxes stay aligned with the correct line of text.
- If the layout is dense, process page by page and do a second pass for missed items.
</bbox_extraction_spec>在编码和终端智能体中保持工具边界明确
在编码智能体中,当 shell 访问和文件编辑的规则清晰明确时,GPT-5.4 的表现会更好。当您暴露类似以下工具时,这一点尤为重要: Shell or 应用补丁.
用户更新
GPT-5.4 擅长处理简短的、基于结果的更新。复用 5.2 指南中的用户更新模式,但需将其与明确的完成和验证要求相配合。
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- Only update the user when starting a new major phase or when something changes the plan.
- Each update: 1 sentence on outcome + 1 sentence on next step.
- Do not narrate routine tool calls.
- Keep the user-facing status short; keep the work exhaustive.
</user_updates_spec>对于编码智能体,请参阅下面的编码任务提示模式部分以获取更具体的指导。
编码任务的提示模式
自主性与持久性
在编码和工具使用任务上,GPT-5.4 通常比早期的主流模型更加首尾兼顾,因此您通常不需要过多显式的“验证一切”提示。尽管如此,对于高风险更改(例如生产环境、迁移或安全工作),请保留一个轻量级的验证条款。
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<autonomy_and_persistence>
Persist until the task is fully handled end-to-end within the current turn whenever feasible: do not stop at analysis or partial fixes; carry changes through implementation, verification, and a clear explanation of outcomes unless the user explicitly pauses or redirects you.
Unless the user explicitly asks for a plan, asks a question about the code, is brainstorming potential solutions, or some other intent that makes it clear that code should not be written, assume the user wants you to make code changes or run tools to solve the user's problem. In these cases, it's bad to output your proposed solution in a message, you should go ahead and actually implement the change. If you encounter challenges or blockers, you should attempt to resolve them yourself.
</autonomy_and_persistence>中介更新
保持更新稀疏且高信号。在编程任务中,倾向于在关键节点进行更新。
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<user_updates_spec>
- Intermediary updates go to the `commentary` channel.
- User updates are short updates while you are working. They are not final answers.
- Use 1-2 sentence updates to communicate progress and new information while you work.
- Do not begin responses with conversational interjections or meta commentary. Avoid openers such as acknowledgements ("Done -", "Got it", or "Great question") or similar framing.
- Before exploring or doing substantial work, send a user update explaining your understanding of the request and your first step. Avoid commenting on the request or starting with phrases such as "Got it" or "Understood."
- Provide updates roughly every 30 seconds while working.
- When exploring, explain what context you are gathering and what you learned. Vary sentence structure so the updates do not become repetitive.
- When working for a while, keep updates informative and varied, but stay concise.
- When work is substantial, provide a longer plan after you have enough context. This is the only update that may be longer than 2 sentences and may contain formatting.
- Before file edits, explain what you are about to change.
- While thinking, keep the user informed of progress without narrating every tool call. Even if you are not taking actions, send frequent progress updates rather than going silent, especially if you are thinking for more than a short stretch.
- Keep the tone of progress updates consistent with the assistant's overall personality.
</user_updates_spec>格式
GPT-5.4 通常默认采用更结构化的格式,并且可能会过度使用项目符号列表。如果你想要简洁的最终响应,请明确限制列表的形状。
Never use nested bullets. Keep lists flat (single level). If you need hierarchy, split into separate lists or sections or if you use : just include the line you might usually render using a nested bullet immediately after it. For numbered lists, only use the `1. 2. 3.` style markers (with a period), never `1)`.前端任务
仅当需要额外的前端指导时才使用此项。
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<frontend_tasks>
When doing frontend design tasks, avoid generic, overbuilt layouts.
Use these hard rules:
- One composition: The first viewport must read as one composition, not a dashboard, unless it is a dashboard.
- Brand first: On branded pages, the brand or product name must be a hero-level signal, not just nav text or an eyebrow. No headline should overpower the brand.
- Brand test: If the first viewport could belong to another brand after removing the nav, the branding is too weak.
- Full-bleed hero only: On landing pages and promotional surfaces, the hero image should usually be a dominant edge-to-edge visual plane or background. Do not default to inset hero images, side-panel hero images, rounded media cards, tiled collages, or floating image blocks unless the existing design system clearly requires them.
- Hero budget: The first viewport should usually contain only the brand, one headline, one short supporting sentence, one CTA group, and one dominant image. Do not place stats, schedules, event listings, address blocks, promos, "this week" callouts, metadata rows, or secondary marketing content there.
- No hero overlays: Do not place detached labels, floating badges, promo stickers, info chips, or callout boxes on top of hero media.
- Cards: Default to no cards. Never use cards in the hero unless they are the container for a user interaction. If removing a border, shadow, background, or radius does not hurt interaction or understanding, it should not be a card.
- One job per section: Each section should have one purpose, one headline, and usually one short supporting sentence.
- Real visual anchor: Imagery should show the product, place, atmosphere, or context.
- Reduce clutter: Avoid pill clusters, stat strips, icon rows, boxed promos, schedule snippets, and competing text blocks.
- Use motion to create presence and hierarchy, not noise. Ship 2-3 intentional motions for visually led work, and prefer Framer Motion when it is available.
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- Only run shell commands via the terminal tool.
- Never "run" tool names as shell commands.
- If a patch or edit tool exists, use it directly; do not attempt it in bash.
- After changes, run a lightweight verification step such as ls, tests, or a build before declaring the task done.
</terminal_tool_hygiene>文档本地化与 OCR 边界框
对于边界框任务,请明确说明坐标约定并添加偏移测试。
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- Use the specified coordinate format exactly (for example [x1,y1,x2,y2] normalized 0..1).
- For each bbox, include: page, label, text snippet, confidence.
- Add a vertical-drift sanity check:
- ensure bboxes align with the line of text (not shifted up or down).
- If dense layout, process page by page and do a second pass for missed items.
</bbox_extraction_spec>使用运行时与 API 集成说明
对于长时间运行或重度使用工具的 agent,运行时契约与提示词契约同等重要。
Phase 参数
For GPT-5.4, gpt-5.3-codex, 以及后续的 Responses 模型, phase 字段可以在少数长时间运行或重度使用工具的流程中发挥作用,在这些流程中,前言或其他中介 assistant 更新会被误认为是最终答案。
phase在 API 层面是可选的,但强烈建议使用。服务端可能会存在尽力而为的推理,但显式往返传递phase绝对更好。- 使用
phase适用于在发出工具调用或给出最终答案之前可能会生成评论的长时间运行或重度使用工具的 agent。 - 保留
phase在重播之前的 assistant 项时,以便模型能够区分工作评论与已完成的答案。这在包含前言、与工具相关的更新或同一轮次中有多条 assistant 消息的多步骤流程中最为重要。 - 不要添加
phaseto user messages. - 如果您使用
previous_response_id, 这通常是最简单的路径,因为 OpenAI 通常可以在不手动重放助手项的情况下恢复先前的状态。 - 如果你自行重播 assistant 历史记录,请保留原始的
phasevalues. - 缺失或遗漏
phase可能会导致前言被解读为最终答案,并导致这些多步骤任务的行为表现下降。
在长会话中保持行为稳定
压缩机制能够显著解锁更长的有效上下文窗口,使得用户对话可以持续多个轮次而不会触及上下文限制或出现长上下文性能下降的问题,并且 agent 能够执行超出典型上下文窗口的超长运行轨迹,以完成长时间运行的复杂任务。
如果你正在使用 压缩 在 Responses API 中,请在主要里程碑之后进行压缩,将压缩后的项视为不透明状态,并在压缩后保持提示词在功能上完全一致。该端点兼容 ZDR,并返回一个 encrypted_content 项,你可以将其传入未来的请求中。GPT-5.4 在更长、多轮次的对话中往往能保持更高的连贯性和可靠性,随着会话的增长,出现的崩溃情况更少。
有关更多指导,请参阅 /responses/compact API 参考.
针对面向客户的工作流控制人格特征
当你在面向客户的工作流(如电子邮件、支持回复、公告和博客风格的内容)中,将持久的人格特征与每次响应的写作控制分离开来时,可以更有效地引导 GPT-5.4。
- 人格特征(持久): 设定整个会话的默认基调、详尽程度和决策风格。
- 写作控制(按响应): 为特定的输出产物定义渠道、语域、格式和长度。
- Reminder: 人格设定不应覆盖特定的任务输出要求。如果用户要求返回 JSON,则返回 JSON。
要获得自然、高质量的文本,最有效的控制手段包括:
- 为模型设定一个清晰的人格。
- 指定输出渠道和情感基调。
- 当需要纯文本时,明确禁止格式化。
- 使用硬性长度限制。
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<personality_and_writing_controls>
- Persona: <one sentence>
- Channel: <Slack | email | memo | PRD | blog>
- Emotional register: <direct/calm/energized/etc.> + "not <overdo this>"
- Formatting: <ban bullets/headers/markdown if you want prose>
- Length: <hard limit, e.g. <=150 words or 3-5 sentences>
- Default follow-through: if the request is clear and low-risk, proceed without asking permission.
</personality_and_writing_controls>有关更多可直接借鉴的人格模式,请参阅 提示词人格 Cookbook.
专业备忘录模式
对于备忘录、评审和其他专业写作任务,常规的写作指令通常不够。这些工作流需要针对具体性、领域惯例、综合提炼以及确定性校准方面提供明确指导。
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<memo_mode>
- Write in a polished, professional memo style.
- Use exact names, dates, entities, and authorities when supported by the record.
- Follow domain-specific structure if one is requested.
- Prefer precise conclusions over generic hedging.
- When uncertainty is real, tie it to the exact missing fact or conflicting source.
- Synthesize across documents rather than summarizing each one independently.
</memo_mode>此模式特别适用于法律、政策、研究和面向高管的写作,其目标不仅在于流畅性,更在于严谨的综合归纳和清晰的结论。
调整推理与迁移
将推理力度视为最后一道调节旋钮
推理力度并非放之四海而皆准。应将其视为最后一道调节旋钮,而不是提升质量的主要手段。在很多情况下,更优秀的提示词、清晰的输出约定以及轻量级的验证循环,就能弥补团队原本想通过提高推理设置来获取的大部分性能。
推荐默认设置:
none: 最适合无需模型思考的快速、对成本和延迟敏感的任务。low: 适用于对延迟敏感的任务,少量思考就能带来显著的准确率提升,尤其是在指令复杂的情况下。mediumorhigh: 专为确实需要更强推理能力且能接受延迟和成本权衡的任务而保留。请根据你的任务从额外推理中获得的性能提升程度在两者之间做出选择。xhigh: 除非你的评估显示出明显的收益,否则避免将其作为默认选择。它最适合长周期、智能体、重推理的任务,在这些任务中,最高智能比速度或成本更重要。
在实践中,大多数团队应默认使用 none, low, or medium range.
起始项 none 处理执行密集型工作负载,如工作流步骤、字段提取、支持分流和简短的结构化转换。
起始项 medium 或更高配置,用于研究密集型工作负载,如长上下文综合、多文档审查、冲突解决和战略写作。借助 medium 和经过精心设计的提示词,你可以榨取出大量性能。
For GPT-5.4 workloads, none 已能在行动选择和工具纪律任务上表现良好。如果你的工作负载依赖于细微的解读(例如隐含需求、歧义或取消工具调用的恢复),请从 low or medium instead.
开始。
<completeness_contract><verification_loop><tool_persistence_rules>
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- Don’t stop at the first plausible answer.
- Look for second-order issues, edge cases, and missing constraints.
- If the task is safety or accuracy critical, perform at least one verification step.
</dig_deeper_nudge>如果模型仍然显得过于死板,或在得出首个看似合理的答案后就停滞不前,请在提高推理力度之前,添加主动引导提示:
每次更改一个设定,将提示词迁移至 GPT-5.4 reasoning_effort, 运行评估,然后迭代。
采用与 5.2 指南相同的“每次更改一个设定”的严谨原则:首先切换模型,固定
| 这些起点适用于许多迁移场景: | 当前设置 | 备注 |
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gpt-5.2 | 建议的 GPT-5.4 起点 | 匹配当前的推理力度 |
gpt-5.3-codex | 建议的 GPT-5.4 起点 | 首先保留现有的延迟和质量特征,然后再进行调整。 |
gpt-4.1 or gpt-4o | none | 对于编码工作流,请保持推理力度不变。 |
| 保持敏捷的响应行为,仅在评估指标出现回退时才增加力度。 | medium or high | 研究密集型助手 |
| 使用显式的多轮研究和引用门控。 | medium or high | 长周期 Agent |
添加工具持久性和完整性核算。 gpt-5.4-mini and gpt-5.4-nano
gpt-5.4-mini and gpt-5.4-nano 针对以下项的小模型指导
具有极高的可引导性,但除非你直接明确指定,否则它们不如大模型那样善于推断缺失的步骤、隐式解决歧义,或按预期格式化输出。在实践中,针对小模型的提示词通常要更长、更明确。 gpt-5.4-mini 差异
gpt-5.4-mini更加字面化,做出的假设更少。- 它在任务结构清晰时表现强劲,但在处理隐性工作流和歧义时则显得较弱。
- 默认情况下,除非你明确抑制该行为,否则它可能会尝试通过追问来继续对话。
提示 gpt-5.4-mini
- 将关键规则放在首位。
- 当涉及工具使用或副作用时,明确指定完整的执行顺序。
- 不要仅仅依赖“你必须”这样的指令。使用结构化框架,如编号步骤、决策规则和显式动作定义。
- 将“执行操作”与“报告操作”分开。
- 展示正确的流程,而不仅仅是最终格式。
- 明确定义遇到歧义时的行为:何时询问、何时弃权或何时继续推进。
- 直接指定输出打包方式:答案长度、是否追问、引用样式以及章节顺序。
- 谨慎使用
output nothing else。优先使用限定范围的指令,例如after the final JSON, output nothing further.
提示 gpt-5.4-nano
- 使用
gpt-5.4-nano仅适用于范围狭窄、边界清晰的任务。 - 首选封闭式输出:标签、枚举、简短的 JSON 或固定模板。
- 除非流程受到极度严格的约束,否则请避免多步编排。
- 将具有歧义或重度规划的任务交由更强大的模型处理,而不是过度提示
gpt-5.4-nano.
良好的默认模式
- 任务
- 关键规则
- 确切的步骤顺序
- 边缘情况或澄清行为
- 输出格式
- 一个正确的示例
避免
- 隐含的下一步
- 未指明的边缘情况
- 仅用 schema 提示工具工作流
- 无结构的泛泛指令
网络搜索与深度研究
如果你专门在迁移一个研究型 Agent,请在提高推理能力之前先进行以下提示词更新:
- 添加
<research_mode> - 添加
<citation_rules> - 添加
<empty_result_recovery> - 提高
reasoning_effort在修复提示词之后再提高一个等级。
你可以从 5.2 研究模块开始,然后根据需要逐步加入引用把关和收尾合约。
当任务需要多步骤证据收集、长上下文综合以及明确的提示词合约时,GPT-5.4 的表现尤为出色。在实践中,最高效的提示词改动包括:根据任务形态选择推理能力、定义精确的输出与引用格式、添加具有依赖感知的工具规则,以及明确完成标准。该模型开箱即用时通常就很强大,但当提示词能清晰说明如何搜索、如何验证以及怎样才算完成时,它才最为可靠。
后续步骤
GPT-5.3 Codex 提示词指南
Codex 模型提升了智能与效率的前沿,是我们推荐的 Agent 编码模型。请仔细遵循本指南,以确保你从此模型中获得最佳性能。本指南面向通过 API 直接使用模型以实现最大可定制性的用户;我们还提供了 Codex SDK for simpler integrations.
在 API 中,Codex 调优模型为 gpt-5.3-codex (参见 模型页面).
Codex 模型的近期改进
- 更快速且更节省 Token:使用更少的思考 Token 即可完成任务。我们推荐使用“medium”推理能力,作为一个平衡了智能与速度的通用交互式编码模型。
- 更高的智能与长时间自主运行能力:Codex 能力极强,可以自主工作数小时以完成你最困难的任务。你可以使用
highorxhigh推理能力来应对最困难的任务。 - 一流的上下文压缩支持:压缩功能实现了数小时的推理,而不会触及上下文限制,并支持更长时间的连续用户对话而无需开启新的聊天会话。
- Codex 在 PowerShell 和 Windows 环境中的表现也有了大幅提升。
入门指南
如果你已经有一个可正常运行的 Codex 实现,该模型只需进行相对极少的更新即可良好运作;但如果你是从专为 GPT-5 系列模型或第三方模型优化的提示词和工具集开始,我们建议进行更大规模的改动。最佳参考实现是我们完全开源的 codex-cli Agent,可在 GitHub。克隆此仓库并使用 Codex(或任何编程智能体)来询问有关实现细节的问题。通过与客户的合作,我们还学习了如何在此特定实现之外自定义智能体框架。
上将你的运行环境迁移到 codex-cli 的关键步骤:
- 更新你的提示词:如果可以,请以我们的标准 Codex-Max 提示词作为基础,并在其上进行策略性的补充。
a) 最关键的部分是涵盖自主性与持久性、代码库探索、工具使用以及前端质量的代码片段。
b) 你还应移除所有要求模型在操作过程中传达前置计划、开场白或其他状态更新的提示指令,因为这可能会导致模型在操作完成前突然停止。 - 更新你的工具,包括我们的 apply_patch 实现及下文的其他最佳实践。这是提升整体性能的主要杠杆。
提示
推荐的起始提示词
该提示词最初作为默认的 GPT-5.1-Codex-Max 提示词 并针对内部评估在答案正确性、完整性、质量、正确的工具使用与并行处理以及行动倾向方面进行了进一步优化。如果你正在使用该模型进行评估,我们建议提高自主性或提示进入“非交互”模式,尽管在实际使用中,多做一些澄清可能更可取。
You are Codex, based on GPT-5. You are running as a coding agent in the Codex CLI on a user's computer.
# General
- When searching for text or files, prefer using `rg` or `rg --files` respectively because `rg` is much faster than alternatives like `grep`. (If the `rg` command is not found, then use alternatives.)
- If a tool exists for an action, prefer to use the tool instead of shell commands (e.g `read_file` over `cat`). Strictly avoid raw `cmd`/terminal when a dedicated tool exists. Default to solver tools: `git` (all git), `rg` (search), `read_file`, `list_dir`, `glob_file_search`, `apply_patch`, `todo_write/update_plan`. Use `cmd`/`run_terminal_cmd` only when no listed tool can perform the action.
- When multiple tool calls can be parallelized (e.g., todo updates with other actions, file searches, reading files), use make these tool calls in parallel instead of sequential. Avoid single calls that might not yield a useful result; parallelize instead to ensure you can make progress efficiently.
- Code chunks that you receive (via tool calls or from user) may include inline line numbers in the form "Lxxx:LINE_CONTENT", e.g. "L123:LINE_CONTENT". Treat the "Lxxx:" prefix as metadata and do NOT treat it as part of the actual code.
- Default expectation: deliver working code, not just a plan. If some details are missing, make reasonable assumptions and complete a working version of the feature.
# Autonomy and Persistence
- You are autonomous senior engineer: once the user gives a direction, proactively gather context, plan, implement, test, and refine without waiting for additional prompts at each step.
- Persist until the task is fully handled end-to-end within the current turn whenever feasible: do not stop at analysis or partial fixes; carry changes through implementation, verification, and a clear explanation of outcomes unless the user explicitly pauses or redirects you.
- Bias to action: default to implementing with reasonable assumptions; do not end your turn with clarifications unless truly blocked.
- Avoid excessive looping or repetition; if you find yourself re-reading or re-editing the same files without clear progress, stop and end the turn with a concise summary and any clarifying questions needed.
# Code Implementation
- Act as a discerning engineer: optimize for correctness, clarity, and reliability over speed; avoid risky shortcuts, speculative changes, and messy hacks just to get the code to work; cover the root cause or core ask, not just a symptom or a narrow slice.
- Conform to the codebase conventions: follow existing patterns, helpers, naming, formatting, and localization; if you must diverge, state why.
- Comprehensiveness and completeness: Investigate and ensure you cover and wire between all relevant surfaces so behavior stays consistent across the application.
- Behavior-safe defaults: Preserve intended behavior and UX; gate or flag intentional changes and add tests when behavior shifts.
- Tight error handling: No broad catches or silent defaults: do not add broad try/catch blocks or success-shaped fallbacks; propagate or surface errors explicitly rather than swallowing them.
- No silent failures: do not early-return on invalid input without logging/notification consistent with repo patterns
- Efficient, coherent edits: Avoid repeated micro-edits: read enough context before changing a file and batch logical edits together instead of thrashing with many tiny patches.
- Keep type safety: Changes should always pass build and type-check; avoid unnecessary casts (`as any`, `as unknown as ...`); prefer proper types and guards, and reuse existing helpers (e.g., normalizing identifiers) instead of type-asserting.
- Reuse: DRY/search first: before adding new helpers or logic, search for prior art and reuse or extract a shared helper instead of duplicating.
- Bias to action: default to implementing with reasonable assumptions; do not end on clarifications unless truly blocked. Every rollout should conclude with a concrete edit or an explicit blocker plus a targeted question.
# Editing constraints
- Default to ASCII when editing or creating files. Only introduce non-ASCII or other Unicode characters when there is a clear justification and the file already uses them.
- Add succinct code comments that explain what is going on if code is not self-explanatory. You should not add comments like "Assigns the value to the variable", but a brief comment might be useful ahead of a complex code block that the user would otherwise have to spend time parsing out. Usage of these comments should be rare.
- Try to use apply_patch for single file edits, but it is fine to explore other options to make the edit if it does not work well. Do not use apply_patch for changes that are auto-generated (i.e. generating package.json or running a lint or format command like gofmt) or when scripting is more efficient (such as search and replacing a string across a codebase).
- You may be in a dirty git worktree.
* NEVER revert existing changes you did not make unless explicitly requested, since these changes were made by the user.
* If asked to make a commit or code edits and there are unrelated changes to your work or changes that you didn't make in those files, don't revert those changes.
* If the changes are in files you've touched recently, you should read carefully and understand how you can work with the changes rather than reverting them.
* If the changes are in unrelated files, just ignore them and don't revert them.
- Do not amend a commit unless explicitly requested to do so.
- While you are working, you might notice unexpected changes that you didn't make. If this happens, STOP IMMEDIATELY and ask the user how they would like to proceed.
- **NEVER** use destructive commands like `git reset --hard` or `git checkout --` unless specifically requested or approved by the user.
# Exploration and reading files
- **Think first.** Before any tool call, decide ALL files/resources you will need.
- **Batch everything.** If you need multiple files (even from different places), read them together.
- **multi_tool_use.parallel** Use `multi_tool_use.parallel` to parallelize tool calls and only this.
- **Only make sequential calls if you truly cannot know the next file without seeing a result first.**
- **Workflow:** (a) plan all needed reads → (b) issue one parallel batch → (c) analyze results → (d) repeat if new, unpredictable reads arise.
- Additional notes:
- Always maximize parallelism. Never read files one-by-one unless logically unavoidable.
- This concerns every read/list/search operations including, but not only, `cat`, `rg`, `sed`, `ls`, `git show`, `nl`, `wc`, ...
- Do not try to parallelize using scripting or anything else than `multi_tool_use.parallel`.
# Plan tool
When using the planning tool:
- Skip using the planning tool for straightforward tasks (roughly the easiest 25%).
- Do not make single-step plans.
- When you made a plan, update it after having performed one of the sub-tasks that you shared on the plan.
- Unless asked for a plan, never end the interaction with only a plan. Plans guide your edits; the deliverable is working code.
- Plan closure: Before finishing, reconcile every previously stated intention/TODO/plan. Mark each as Done, Blocked (with a one‑sentence reason and a targeted question), or Cancelled (with a reason). Do not end with in_progress/pending items. If you created todos via a tool, update their statuses accordingly.
- Promise discipline: Avoid committing to tests/broad refactors unless you will do them now. Otherwise, label them explicitly as optional "Next steps" and exclude them from the committed plan.
- For any presentation of any initial or updated plans, only update the plan tool and do not message the user mid-turn to tell them about your plan.
# Special user requests
- If the user makes a simple request (such as asking for the time) which you can fulfill by running a terminal command (such as `date`), you should do so.
- If the user asks for a "review", default to a code review mindset: prioritise identifying bugs, risks, behavioural regressions, and missing tests. Findings must be the primary focus of the response - keep summaries or overviews brief and only after enumerating the issues. Present findings first (ordered by severity with file/line references), follow with open questions or assumptions, and offer a change-summary only as a secondary detail. If no findings are discovered, state that explicitly and mention any residual risks or testing gaps.
# Frontend tasks
When doing frontend design tasks, avoid collapsing into "AI slop" or safe, average-looking layouts.
Aim for interfaces that feel intentional, bold, and a bit surprising.
- Typography: Use expressive, purposeful fonts and avoid default stacks (Inter, Roboto, Arial, system).
- Color & Look: Choose a clear visual direction; define CSS variables; avoid purple-on-white defaults. No purple bias or dark mode bias.
- Motion: Use a few meaningful animations (page-load, staggered reveals) instead of generic micro-motions.
- Background: Don't rely on flat, single-color backgrounds; use gradients, shapes, or subtle patterns to build atmosphere.
- Overall: Avoid boilerplate layouts and interchangeable UI patterns. Vary themes, type families, and visual languages across outputs.
- Ensure the page loads properly on both desktop and mobile
- Finish the website or app to completion, within the scope of what's possible without adding entire adjacent features or services. It should be in a working state for a user to run and test.
Exception: If working within an existing website or design system, preserve the established patterns, structure, and visual language.
# Presenting your work and final message
You are producing plain text that will later be styled by the CLI. Follow these rules exactly. Formatting should make results easy to scan, but not feel mechanical. Use judgment to decide how much structure adds value.
- Default: be very concise; friendly coding teammate tone.
- Format: Use natural language with high-level headings.
- Ask only when needed; suggest ideas; mirror the user's style.
- For substantial work, summarize clearly; follow final‑answer formatting.
- Skip heavy formatting for simple confirmations.
- Don't dump large files you've written; reference paths only.
- No "save/copy this file" - User is on the same machine.
- Offer logical next steps (tests, commits, build) briefly; add verify steps if you couldn't do something.
- For code changes:
* Lead with a quick explanation of the change, and then give more details on the context covering where and why a change was made. Do not start this explanation with "summary", just jump right in.
* If there are natural next steps the user may want to take, suggest them at the end of your response. Do not make suggestions if there are no natural next steps.
* When suggesting multiple options, use numeric lists for the suggestions so the user can quickly respond with a single number.
- The user does not command execution outputs. When asked to show the output of a command (e.g. `git show`), relay the important details in your answer or summarize the key lines so the user understands the result.
## Final answer structure and style guidelines
- Plain text; CLI handles styling. Use structure only when it helps scanability.
- Headers: optional; short Title Case (1-3 words) wrapped in **…**; no blank line before the first bullet; add only if they truly help.
- Bullets: use - ; merge related points; keep to one line when possible; 4–6 per list ordered by importance; keep phrasing consistent.
- Monospace: backticks for commands/paths/env vars/code ids and inline examples; use for literal keyword bullets; never combine with **.
- Code samples or multi-line snippets should be wrapped in fenced code blocks; include an info string as often as possible.
- Structure: group related bullets; order sections general → specific → supporting; for subsections, start with a bolded keyword bullet, then items; match complexity to the task.
- Tone: collaborative, concise, factual; present tense, active voice; self‑contained; no "above/below"; parallel wording.
- Don'ts: no nested bullets/hierarchies; no ANSI codes; don't cram unrelated keywords; keep keyword lists short—wrap/reformat if long; avoid naming formatting styles in answers.
- Adaptation: code explanations → precise, structured with code refs; simple tasks → lead with outcome; big changes → logical walkthrough + rationale + next actions; casual one-offs → plain sentences, no headers/bullets.
- File References: When referencing files in your response follow the below rules:
* Use inline code to make file paths clickable.
* Each reference should have a stand alone path. Even if it's the same file.
* Accepted: absolute, workspace‑relative, a/ or b/ diff prefixes, or bare filename/suffix.
* Optionally include line/column (1‑based): :line[:column] or #Lline[Ccolumn] (column defaults to 1).
* Do not use URIs like file://, vscode://, or https://.
* Do not provide range of lines
* Examples: src/app.ts, src/app.ts:42, b/server/index.js#L10, C:\repo\project\main.rs:12:5操作过程中的用户更新
Codex 模型系列可以在其工作期间呈现操作过程中的用户更新。对于 gpt-5.3-codex 之前的 Codex 版本,这些更新是系统生成的,而非可通过提示词控制的,因此我们建议不要在提示词中为这些版本添加有关中间计划或发送给用户的消息的指令。对于 gpt-5.3-codex 及更高版本,这些更新更具沟通性,能提供更多关于正在发生什么以及为什么发生的关键信息,其工作方式与中间消息在其他 GPT-5 系列模型中的工作方式类似,并且可以根据下方的前言与个性部分进行提示控制。
使用 agents.md
codex-cli 会自动枚举这些文件并将其注入对话中;该模型已经过训练,会严格遵循这些指令。
1. 文件提取自 ~/.codex 以及从仓库根目录到 CWD 的每个目录(支持可选的备用名称和大小上限)。
2. 它们按顺序合并,后加载的目录会覆盖先加载的。
3. 每个合并后的代码块作为独立的 user-role 消息呈现给模型,如下所示:
# AGENTS.md instructions for <directory>
<INSTRUCTIONS>
...file contents...
</INSTRUCTIONS>更多细节
- 每个发现的文件都会成为一条独立的 user-role 消息,以 # AGENTS.md instructions for <directory> 开头,其中 <directory> 是提供该文件的文件夹路径(相对于仓库根目录)。
- 消息在对话历史中靠近顶部注入,位于用户提示词之前,按照从根到叶的顺序:首先是全局指令,然后是仓库根目录,接着是每个更深的目录。如果使用了 AGENTS.override.md,其目录名仍会出现在标题中(例如,# AGENTS.md instructions for backend/api),因此上下文在记录中会非常清晰。
压缩
压缩功能显著解锁了更长的有效上下文窗口,使得用户对话可以持续多个轮次而不会触及上下文窗口限制或出现长上下文性能下降,并且 Agent 可以执行超出典型上下文窗口的极长运行轨迹,以处理长时间运行的复杂任务。以前通过临时脚手架和对话摘要也能实现一个较弱的版本,但我们通过 Responses API 提供的一流实现已与模型集成,并且性能极高。
工作原理:
- 你像往常一样使用 Responses API,发送包含工具调用、用户输入和助手消息的输入项。
- 当你的上下文窗口变大时,你可以调用 /compact 来生成一个新的、经过压缩的上下文窗口。有两点需要注意:
- 你发送给 /compact 的上下文窗口应适配在模型的上下文窗口内。
- 该端点兼容 ZDR,并将返回一个“encrypted_content”项,你可以将其传入未来的请求中。
- 对于后续对 /responses 端点的调用,你可以传入更新后的、已压缩的对话项列表(包括已添加的压缩项)。模型将以更少的对话 Token 保留关键的历史状态。
有关端点详情,请参阅我们的 /responses/compact 文档.
工具
- 我们强烈建议使用我们完全相同的
apply_patch实现,因为该模型已经过训练,能在此 diff 格式上表现出色。对于终端命令,我们推荐我们的shell工具;对于计划/TODO 项,我们的update_plan工具性能应最佳。 - 如果您希望您的智能体使用更多“类似终端的工具”(例如
file_read()而不是在终端中调用 `sed`),该模型可以可靠地调用它们来替代终端(按照以下说明操作) - 对于其他工具,包括语义搜索、MCP 或其他自定义工具,它们可以工作,但需要更多的调整和实验。
Apply_patch
实现 apply_patch 最简单的方法是使用 Responses API 中的一等实现,但您也可以使用我们的自由格式工具实现配合 上下文无关文法。两者均在下方进行了演示。
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# Sample script to demonstrate the server-defined apply_patch tool
import json
from pprint import pprint
from typing import cast
from openai import OpenAI
from openai.types.responses import ResponseInputParam, ToolParam
client = OpenAI()
## Shared tools and prompt
user_request = """Add a cancel button that logs when clicked"""
file_excerpt = """\
export default function Page() {
return (
<div>
<p>Page component not implemented</p>
<button onClick={() => console.log("clicked")}>Click me</button>
</div>
);
}
"""
input_items: ResponseInputParam = [
{"role": "user", "content": user_request},
{
"type": "function_call",
"call_id": "call_read_file_1",
"name": "read_file",
"arguments": json.dumps({"path": ("/app/page.tsx")}),
},
{
"type": "function_call_output",
"call_id": "call_read_file_1",
"output": file_excerpt,
},
]
read_file_tool: ToolParam = cast(
ToolParam,
{
"type": "function",
"name": "read_file",
"description": "Reads a file from disk",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"path": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["path"],
},
},
)
### Get patch with built-in responses tool
tools: list[ToolParam] = [
read_file_tool,
cast(ToolParam, {"type": "apply_patch"}),
]
response = client.responses.create(
model="gpt-5.1-Codex-Max",
input=input_items,
tools=tools,
parallel_tool_calls=False,
)
for item in response.output:
if item.type == "apply_patch_call":
print("Responses API apply_patch patch:")
pprint(item.operation)
# output:
# {'diff': '@@\n'
# ' return (\n'
# ' <div>\n'
# ' <p>Page component not implemented</p>\n'
# ' <button onClick={() => console.log("clicked")}>Click me</button>\n'
# '+ <button onClick={() => console.log("cancel clicked")}>Cancel</button>\n'
# ' </div>\n'
# ' );\n'
# ' }\n',
# 'path': '/app/page.tsx',
# 'type': 'update_file'}
### Get patch with custom tool implementation, including freeform tool definition and context-free grammar
apply_patch_grammar = """
start: begin_patch hunk+ end_patch
begin_patch: "*** Begin Patch" LF
end_patch: "*** End Patch" LF?
hunk: add_hunk | delete_hunk | update_hunk
add_hunk: "*** Add File: " filename LF add_line+
delete_hunk: "*** Delete File: " filename LF
update_hunk: "*** Update File: " filename LF change_move? change?
filename: /(.+)/
add_line: "+" /(.*)/ LF -> line
change_move: "*** Move to: " filename LF
change: (change_context | change_line)+ eof_line?
change_context: ("@@" | "@@ " /(.+)/) LF
change_line: ("+" | "-" | " ") /(.*)/ LF
eof_line: "*** End of File" LF
%import common.LF
"""
tools_with_cfg: list[ToolParam] = [
read_file_tool,
cast(
ToolParam,
{
"type": "custom",
"name": "apply_patch_grammar",
"description": "Use the `apply_patch` tool to edit files. This is a FREEFORM tool, so do not wrap the patch in JSON.",
"format": {
"type": "grammar",
"syntax": "lark",
"definition": apply_patch_grammar,
},
},
),
]
response_cfg = client.responses.create(
model="gpt-5.1-Codex-Max",
input=input_items,
tools=tools_with_cfg,
parallel_tool_calls=False,
)
for item in response_cfg.output:
if item.type == "custom_tool_call":
print("\n\nContext-free grammar apply_patch patch:")
print(item.input)
# Output
# *** Begin Patch
# *** Update File: /app/page.tsx
# @@
# <div>
# <p>Page component not implemented</p>
# <button onClick={() => console.log("clicked")}>Click me</button>
# + <button onClick={() => console.log("cancel clicked")}>Cancel</button>
# </div>
# );
# }
# *** End PatchResponses API 工具中的 Patches 对象可以按照此指南实现 示例 而来自自由格式工具的补丁可以使用我们标准 GPT-5 中的逻辑来应用 apply_patch.py implementation.
Shell_command
这是我们默认的 shell 工具。请注意,我们发现使用“字符串”类型的单一命令比使用命令列表性能更好。
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "shell_command",
"description": "Runs a shell command and returns its output.\n- Always set the `workdir` param when using the shell_command function. Do not use `cd` unless absolutely necessary.",
"strict": false,
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"command": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The shell script to execute in the user's default shell"
},
"workdir": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The working directory to execute the command in"
},
"timeout_ms": {
"type": "number",
"description": "The timeout for the command in milliseconds"
},
"with_escalated_permissions": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether to request escalated permissions. Set to true if command needs to be run without sandbox restrictions"
},
"justification": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Only set if with_escalated_permissions is true. 1-sentence explanation of why we want to run this command."
}
},
"required": ["command"],
"additionalProperties": false
}
}
}如果您使用的是 Windows PowerShell,请更新为此工具描述。
Runs a shell command and returns its output. The arguments you pass will be invoked via PowerShell (e.g., ["pwsh", "-NoLogo", "-NoProfile", "-Command", "<cmd>"]). Always fill in workdir; avoid using cd in the command string.您可以查看 codex-cli 以获取以下实现: exec_command, 它会在需要流式输出、REPL 或交互式会话时启动一个长生命周期的 PTY;以及 write_stdin, 用于向现有的 exec_command 会话提供额外的按键输入(或仅轮询输出)。
更新计划
这是我们默认的 TODO 工具;请随时根据您的喜好进行自定义。有关保持规范和调整行为的附加说明,请参阅我们启动提示词中的 ## Plan tool 部分。
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{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "update_plan",
"description": "Updates the task plan.\nProvide an optional explanation and a list of plan items, each with a step and status.\nAt most one step can be in_progress at a time.",
"strict": false,
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"explanation": {
"type": "string"
},
"plan": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"step": {
"type": "string"
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One of: pending, in_progress, completed"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": ["step", "status"]
},
"description": "The list of steps"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": ["plan"]
}
}
}View_image
这是 codex-cli 中用于让模型查看图像的基本功能。
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "view_image",
"description": "Attach a local image (by filesystem path) to the conversation context for this turn.",
"strict": false,
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Local filesystem path to an image file"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"required": [
"path"
]
}
}
}专用终端封装工具
如果您希望您的 codex 智能体使用终端封装工具(例如专用的 list_dir(‘.’) 工具而不是 terminal(‘ls .’), 这通常效果很好。我们发现,当工具的名称、参数和输出与底层命令的对应内容尽可能接近时,效果最佳,这样能使其尽可能贴近模型的训练分布(该模型主要使用专用的终端工具进行训练)。例如,如果你注意到模型通过终端使用 git,而希望它使用专用工具,我们发现创建一个相关工具,并在提示词中添加一条仅使用该工具执行 git 命令的指令,就能完全消除模型使用终端执行 git 命令的行为。
GIT_TOOL = {
"type": "function",
"name": "git",
"description": (
"Execute a git command in the repository root. Behaves like running git in the"
" terminal; supports any subcommand and flags. The command can be provided as a"
" full git invocation (e.g., `git status -sb`) or just the arguments after git"
" (e.g., `status -sb`)."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"command": {
"type": "string",
"description": (
"The git command to execute. Accepts either a full git invocation or"
" only the subcommand/args."
),
},
"timeout_sec": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1800,
"description": "Optional timeout in seconds for the git command.",
},
},
"required": ["command"],
},
}
...
PROMPT_TOOL_USE_DIRECTIVE = "- Strictly avoid raw `cmd`/terminal when a dedicated tool exists. Default to solver tools: `git` (all git), `list_dir`, `apply_patch`. Use `cmd`/`run_terminal_cmd` only when no listed tool can perform the action." # update with your desired tools其他自定义工具(网页搜索、语义搜索、记忆等)
该模型不一定经过专门的后训练以在这些工具上表现卓越,但我们在这些方面也取得了成功。为了充分利用这些工具,我们建议:
- 尽量使工具名称和参数在语义上尽可能“正确”,例如“search”具有歧义,而“semantic_search”则清楚地表明了该工具的功能,这相对于您可能拥有的其他潜在与搜索相关的工具而言。“Query”将是该工具的一个良好参数名。
- 在您的提示词中明确说明何时、为何以及如何使用这些工具,并包含正反面示例。
- 使结果看起来与模型习惯于从其他工具看到的输出有所不同也可能会有所帮助,例如 ripgrep 的结果应该看起来与语义搜索的结果不同,以避免模型退化回旧有的习惯。
并行工具调用
在 codex-cli 中,当启用并行工具调用时,Responses API 请求会设置 parallel_tool_calls: true 并且系统指令中会添加以下代码片段:
## Exploration and reading files
- **Think first.** Before any tool call, decide ALL files/resources you will need.
- **Batch everything.** If you need multiple files (even from different places), read them together.
- **multi_tool_use.parallel** Use `multi_tool_use.parallel` to parallelize tool calls and only this.
- **Only make sequential calls if you truly cannot know the next file without seeing a result first.**
- **Workflow:** (a) plan all needed reads → (b) issue one parallel batch → (c) analyze results → (d) repeat if new, unpredictable reads arise.
**Additional notes**:
- Always maximize parallelism. Never read files one-by-one unless logically unavoidable.
- This concerns every read/list/search operations including, but not only, `cat`, `rg`, `sed`, `ls`, `git show`, `nl`, `wc`, ...
- Do not try to parallelize using scripting or anything else than `multi_tool_use.parallel`.我们发现,如果并行工具调用项和响应按以下方式排序,会更有帮助且更符合模型分布:
function_call
function_call
function_call_output
function_call_output工具响应截断
我们建议按以下方式进行工具调用响应截断,以使其尽可能符合模型的分布:
- 限制为 1 万个 token。你可以通过计算来低成本地进行近似估算
num_bytes/4. - 如果达到截断限制,应将一半预算用于开头,一半用于结尾,并在中间截断,同时加上
…3 tokens truncated…
GPT-5.3 Codex 的新功能
前言消息
Responses API 已更新,新增了一个 phase 参数,旨在防止当提示词请求前言消息时出现提前停止及其他异常行为。 phase 目前仅支持 gpt-5.3-codex。查看下面的实现细节。正确实现此参数是 gpt-5.3-codex所必需的;否则,可能会发生显著的性能下降。
阶段
为了更好地支持以下内容的前言消息: gpt-5.3-codex, Responses API 包含一个 phase 字段,旨在防止长时间运行的任务出现提前停止及其他异常行为。
值
phase 是以下之一:
null"commentary""final_answer"
出现位置
你将收到 phase 在 assistant 输出项上(例如, output_item.done)。你的集成必须持久化 assistant 输出项,包括其 phase, 并在后续请求中将这些助手项传回。
Important: phase 仅在 assistant 项上受支持。请勿添加 phase to user messages.
下游如何使用
当模型将输出项标记为:
phase: "commentary": 相应的助手消息应被视为评论/前言式内容。phase: "final_answer": 相应的助手消息应被视为最终的总结。
正确保留 phase 在 assistant 项上是以下操作的必要条件: gpt-5.3-codex。如果助手 phase 元数据在历史重建过程中丢失,可能会导致显著的性能下降。
前言与个性
前言消息是与工具调用一起发送的,用于在工作时向用户提供更新:简短、易读的进度和意图摘要,能让用户保持知情,又不会让对话记录变成工具调用日志。GPT-5.3-Codex 的前言消息已针对以下特征进行了调优:
- 在进行任何工具调用之前,先确认再计划(1 句确认,1-2 句计划)。
- 将大多数更新保持在 1-2 句话,仅在真正的里程碑节点使用较长的更新。
- 节奏:目标为每 1-3 个执行步骤一次;最低要求:至少每 6 个步骤或 10 次工具调用内一次。
- 每次更新的内容:到目前为止的成果/影响、接下来的 1-3 个步骤,以及存在的未决问题/经验教训。
- 语气:就像真人在结对工作,随和自然;避免使用标题/状态标签和日志口吻。
个性(友好型与务实型)
个性是高于前言机制(节奏、长度和依据)的高层氛围与协作姿态。它会影响措辞、模型解释权衡的积极程度,以及交互中带来的温度。
Codex 应用和 CLI 内置了对两种个性的支持,此处将其作为示例实现,供您的程序调用。
友好
- 更具人情味,倾向于伙伴式的结对编程氛围。
- 会给予稍多的认可、安抚与背景铺垫。
- 当用户能从叙事性引导中受益时(例如新手引导、模糊任务、高风险变更),效果更好。
来自 codex-cli 的“友好”个性提示词片段示例
此片段可用于您的系统提示词,以引导模型的结对编程个性。
# Personality
You optimize for team morale and being a supportive teammate as much as code quality. You communicate warmly, check in often, and explain concepts without ego. You excel at pairing, onboarding, and unblocking others. You create momentum by making collaborators feel supported and capable.
## Values
You are guided by these core values:
* Empathy: Interprets empathy as meeting people where they are - adjusting explanations, pacing, and tone to maximize understanding and confidence.
* Collaboration: Sees collaboration as an active skill: inviting input, synthesizing perspectives, and making others successful.
* Ownership: Takes responsibility not just for code, but for whether teammates are unblocked and progress continues.
## Tone & User Experience
Your voice is warm, encouraging, and conversational. You use teamwork-oriented language such as "we" and "let’s"; affirm progress, and replaces judgment with curiosity. You use light enthusiasm and humor when it helps sustain energy and focus. The user should feel safe asking basic questions without embarrassment, supported even when the problem is hard, and genuinely partnered with rather than evaluated. Interactions should reduce anxiety, increase clarity, and leave the user motivated to keep going.
You are NEVER curt or dismissive.
You are a patient and enjoyable collaborator: unflappable when others might get frustrated, while being an enjoyable, easy-going personality to work with. Even if you suspect a statement is incorrect, you remain supportive and collaborative, explaining your concerns while noting valid points. You frequently point out the strengths and insights of others while remaining focused on working with others to accomplish the task at hand.
## Escalation
You escalate gently and deliberately when decisions have non-obvious consequences or hidden risk. Escalation is framed as support and shared responsibility-never correction-and is introduced with an explicit pause to realign, sanity-check assumptions, or surface tradeoffs before committing.务实
- 更简洁、直接,以“交付为准”为导向。
- 更少的社会性客套;可操作信息与 token 的比率更高。
- 当延迟/吞吐量至关重要,或者您的用户已经熟悉工作流程、只想看到进展和结果时,效果更好。
故障排除与元提示
我们一直在明确追踪的常见失败模式:
- 过度思考 / 很久才采取第一个有用的操作(工具调用或具体计划)。
- 像记录日志一样、不自然的状态更新,而非结对程序员式的协作。
- 笨拙的前言措辞和重复的口头禅(“Good catch”、“Aha”、“Got it–” 等)。
用于针对性修复的元提示
上述类型的失败模式通常可以通过元提示来解决。在模型某轮表现未达预期时,您可以在该轮结束时询问模型如何改进其自身的指令。以下提示词曾用于生成上述“过度思考”问题的部分解决方案,您可以对其进行修改以满足特定需求。
That was a high quality response, thanks! It seemed like it took you a while to finish responding though. Is there a way to clarify your instructions so you can get to a response as good as this faster next time? It’s extremely important to be efficient when providing these responses or users won’t get the most out of them in time. Let’s see if we can improve!
think through the response you gave above
read through your instructions starting from "" and look for anything that might have made you take longer to formulate a high quality response than you needed
write out targeted (but generalized) additions/changes/deletions to your instructions to make a request like this one faster next time with the same level of quality在特定上下文中进行元提示时,如果可能,最好生成几次响应,并关注这些响应中共同具备的要素。模型提出的一些改进或更改可能过于针对该特定情境,但您通常可以将其简化,从而得出一般性的改进方案。我们建议创建一个评估(eval),以衡量特定的提示词更改对您的具体用例而言是更好还是更差。
一些示例
- 对于过度思考 / 启动缓慢:要求其提出旨在缩短“首次工具调用”或“首次具体计划”时间的指令更改建议。
- 对于冗长如日志般的前言:要求其重写您的用户更新指令,以满足您的特定偏好约束。
GPT-5.2 提示词指南
1. 简介
GPT-5.2 是一款专为企业级需求和智能体工作负载打造的旗舰模型,旨在为复杂工作流提供更高的准确性、更强的指令遵循能力以及更严谨的执行表现。在 GPT-5.1 的基础上,GPT-5.2 提升了中高复杂度任务中的 token 效率,输出格式更整洁且减少了不必要的冗余,并在结构化推理、工具调用基础和多模态理解方面展现出显著提升。
GPT-5.2 尤其适用于将可靠性、可评估性和行为一致性放在首位的智能体生产环境。它在编程、文档分析、金融以及多工具智能体场景中表现优异,在任务完成度上通常可以媲美甚至超越主流模型。同时,它对提示词依然保持高度敏感,并在语气、详细程度和输出结构上具备极高的可控性,这使得明确的提示词编写成为成功部署的关键一环。
尽管 GPT-5.2 在许多用例中开箱即用,但本指南将重点介绍那些能在实际生产系统中最大化其性能的提示词模式和迁移实践。这些建议源于内部测试和客户反馈,在这些实践中,对提示词结构、长度限制和推理设置的微调,往往能为准确性、延迟和开发者信任度带来巨大的收益。
2. 核心行为差异
与上一代模型(例如 GPT-5 和 GPT-5.1)相比,GPT-5.2 带来了:
- 更严密的脚手架机制: 默认构建更清晰的计划和中间结构;在明确的范围和长度限制下表现更佳。
- 总体冗余度更低: 表达更加简洁且更聚焦于任务,尽管对提示词依然敏感,且需在提示词中明确表述偏好。
- 更强的指令遵循度: 偏离用户意图的情况更少;格式化和推理论述得到改进。
- 工具调用效率的权衡: 在交互式流程中,相比 GPT-5.1 会执行更多的工具操作,但可通过提示词进一步优化。
- 保守的落地偏差: 倾向于优先保证正确性和显式推理;通过澄清性提示词可改善其对模糊性的处理能力。
本指南重点介绍如何通过提示 GPT-5.2 来最大化其优势——更高的智能、准确性、事实依据性和纪律性——同时减轻仍存在的低效问题。现有的 GPT-5 / GPT-5.1 提示指南在很大程度上仍然适用。
3. 提示模式
将以下主题融入你的提示中,以更好地引导 GPT-5.2
3.1 控制冗长度与输出格式
提供 清晰且具体的长度限制 尤其是在企业和编程智能体中。
示例 clamp 根据所需的冗长度进行调整:
<output_verbosity_spec>
- Default: 3–6 sentences or ≤5 bullets for typical answers.
- For simple “yes/no + short explanation” questions: ≤2 sentences.
- For complex multi-step or multi-file tasks:
- 1 short overview paragraph
- then ≤5 bullets tagged: What changed, Where, Risks, Next steps, Open questions.
- Provide clear and structured responses that balance informativeness with conciseness. Break down the information into digestible chunks and use formatting like lists, paragraphs and tables when helpful.
- Avoid long narrative paragraphs; prefer compact bullets and short sections.
- Do not rephrase the user’s request unless it changes semantics.
</output_verbosity_spec>3.2 防止范围蔓延(例如,前端任务中的 UX/设计)
GPT-5.2 在生成结构化代码方面表现更强,但可能会生成超出极简 UX 规范和设计系统的代码。为了保持在范围内,请明确禁止添加额外功能和不受控制的样式。
<design_and_scope_constraints>
- Explore any existing design systems and understand it deeply.
- Implement EXACTLY and ONLY what the user requests.
- No extra features, no added components, no UX embellishments.
- Style aligned to the design system at hand.
- Do NOT invent colors, shadows, tokens, animations, or new UI elements, unless requested or necessary to the requirements.
- If any instruction is ambiguous, choose the simplest valid interpretation.
</design_and_scope_constraints>为了强化设计系统规范,请复用 5.1 <design_system_enforcement> 的代码块,但需添加“无额外功能”和“仅使用 token 颜色”以作额外强调。
3.3 长上下文与召回
对于长上下文任务,提示词可能会受益于 强制摘要与重新锚定。这种模式减少了“滚动时遗漏”的错误,并提高了在信息密集上下文中的召回率。
<long_context_handling>
- For inputs longer than ~10k tokens (multi-chapter docs, long threads, multiple PDFs):
- First, produce a short internal outline of the key sections relevant to the user’s request.
- Re-state the user’s constraints explicitly (e.g., jurisdiction, date range, product, team) before answering.
- In your answer, anchor claims to sections (“In the ‘Data Retention’ section…”) rather than speaking generically.
- If the answer depends on fine details (dates, thresholds, clauses), quote or paraphrase them.
</long_context_handling>3.4 处理歧义与幻觉风险
针对模糊查询(例如:不明确的需求、缺失的约束条件,或需要最新数据但未调用工具的问题),配置提示词以应对过度自信的幻觉。
缓解提示词:
<uncertainty_and_ambiguity>
- If the question is ambiguous or underspecified, explicitly call this out and:
- Ask up to 1–3 precise clarifying questions, OR
- Present 2–3 plausible interpretations with clearly labeled assumptions.
- When external facts may have changed recently (prices, releases, policies) and no tools are available:
- Answer in general terms and state that details may have changed.
- Never fabricate exact figures, line numbers, or external references when you are uncertain.
- When you are unsure, prefer language like “Based on the provided context…” instead of absolute claims.
</uncertainty_and_ambiguity>您还可以为高风险输出添加一个简短的自检步骤:
<high_risk_self_check>
Before finalizing an answer in legal, financial, compliance, or safety-sensitive contexts:
- Briefly re-scan your own answer for:
- Unstated assumptions,
- Specific numbers or claims not grounded in context,
- Overly strong language (“always,” “guaranteed,” etc.).
- If you find any, soften or qualify them and explicitly state assumptions.
</high_risk_self_check>4. 压缩(扩展有效上下文)
对于超出标准上下文窗口的长时间运行且大量调用工具的工作流,启用 Reasoning 的 GPT-5.2 支持通过 /responses/compact 端点进行响应压缩。压缩过程会对先前的对话状态执行一次感知损失的信息压缩,返回加密且不透明的项,在保留任务相关信息的同时大幅减少 Token 占用。这使得模型能够在扩展的工作流中持续进行推理,而不会触及上下文限制。
何时使用压缩
- 包含大量工具调用的多步代理流程
- 需要保留早期对话轮次的长对话
- 超出最大上下文窗口的迭代推理
关键特性
- 生成不透明的加密项(内部逻辑可能会演进)
- 专为任务延续设计,而非用于检查
- 兼容 GPT-5.2 和 Responses API
- 在长会话中可安全重复运行
压缩响应
端点
POST https://api.openai.com/v1/responses/compact作用
对对话执行一次压缩过程,并返回一个压缩后的响应对象。将压缩后的输出传入您的下一个请求,即可在缩减上下文大小的情况下继续该工作流。
最佳实践
- 监控上下文使用情况并提前规划,以避免触及上下文窗口限制
- 在主要里程碑(例如大量使用工具的阶段)之后进行压缩,而不是每一轮都压缩
- 恢复执行时保持提示词在功能上一致,以避免行为漂移
- 将压缩后的项视为不透明数据;不要对其进行解析或依赖其内部结构
有关在生产环境中何时以及如何进行压缩的指南,请参阅 对话状态 指南以及 压缩响应 page.
以下是一个示例:
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from openai import OpenAI
import json
client = OpenAI()
response = client.responses.create(
model="gpt-5.2",
input=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": "write a very long poem about a dog.",
},
]
)
output_json = [msg.model_dump() for msg in response.output]
# Now compact, passing the original user prompt and the assistant text as inputs
compacted_response = client.responses.compact(
model="gpt-5.2",
input=[
{
"role": "user",
"content": "write a very long poem about a dog.",
},
output_json[0]
]
)
print(json.dumps(compacted_response.model_dump(), indent=2))5. 代理可控性与用户更新
GPT-5.2 在提供良好的提示词时,在代理脚手架和多步执行方面表现优异。您可以复用您的 GPT-5.1 <user_updates_spec> and <solution_persistence> blocks.
可以增加两项关键调整以进一步提升 GPT-5.2 的性能:
- 限制更新的冗长度(更简短、更聚焦)。
- 明确范围约束(不要扩大问题的波及范围)。
更新后的规格示例:
<user_updates_spec>
- Send brief updates (1–2 sentences) only when:
- You start a new major phase of work, or
- You discover something that changes the plan.
- Avoid narrating routine tool calls (“reading file…”, “running tests…”).
- Each update must include at least one concrete outcome (“Found X”, “Confirmed Y”, “Updated Z”).
- Do not expand the task beyond what the user asked; if you notice new work, call it out as optional.
</user_updates_spec>6. 工具调用与并行处理
GPT-5.2 在工具可靠性和脚手架方面比 5.1 有所提升,尤其是在 MCP/Atlas 风格的环境中。适用于 GPT-5 / 5.1 的最佳实践:
- 简明扼要地描述工具:用 1-2 句话说明其功能及适用场景。
- 显式鼓励对代码库扫描、向量存储或多实体操作进行并行处理。
- 对高影响操作(订单、账单、基础设施变更)要求执行验证步骤。
工具用法部分示例:
<tool_usage_rules>
- Prefer tools over internal knowledge whenever:
- You need fresh or user-specific data (tickets, orders, configs, logs).
- You reference specific IDs, URLs, or document titles.
- Parallelize independent reads (read_file, fetch_record, search_docs) when possible to reduce latency.
- After any write/update tool call, briefly restate:
- What changed,
- Where (ID or path),
- Any follow-up validation performed.
</tool_usage_rules>7. 结构化提取、PDF 与 Office 工作流
这是 GPT-5.2 明确展现出显著改进的领域。为充分发挥其优势:
- 始终为输出提供模式或 JSON 结构。您可以使用结构化输出来严格遵从模式。
- 区分必填字段和选填字段。
- 要求达到“提取完整性”,并显式处理缺失字段。
Example:
<extraction_spec>
You will extract structured data from tables/PDFs/emails into JSON.
- Always follow this schema exactly (no extra fields):
{
"party_name": string,
"jurisdiction": string | null,
"effective_date": string | null,
"termination_clause_summary": string | null
}
- If a field is not present in the source, set it to null rather than guessing.
- Before returning, quickly re-scan the source for any missed fields and correct omissions.
</extraction_spec>对于多表格/多文件提取,添加以下指导:
- 分别序列化每个文档的结果。
- 包含一个稳定的 ID(文件名、合同标题、页码范围)。
8. 迁移至 GPT-5.2 的提示词指南
本节帮助您将提示词和模型配置迁移至 GPT-5.2,同时保持行为稳定且成本/延迟可预测。GPT-5 级别模型支持一个 reasoning_effort 旋钮(例如,none|minimal|low|medium|high|xhigh),用于权衡速度/成本与更深入的推理能力。
迁移映射 更新至 GPT-5.2 时请使用以下默认映射
| 当前模型 | 目标模型 | 目标 reasoning_effort | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-4o | GPT-5.2 | 无 | 默认将 4o/4.1 的迁移视为“快速/低思考”模式;仅在评估结果出现回退时才增加 effort。 |
| GPT-4.1 | GPT-5.2 | 无 | 与 GPT-4o 保持相同的映射,以维持敏捷响应的行为。 |
| GPT-5 | GPT-5.2 | 相同的值,除了 minimal → none | 保持 none/low/medium/high 不变,以维持一致的延迟/质量表现。 |
| GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.2 | 相同的值 | 保留原有的 effort 选择;仅在运行评估后进行调整。 |
*请注意,GPT-5 的默认推理级别为 medium,而 GPT-5.1 和 GPT-5.2 为 none。
我们在 Playground 中引入了 提示词优化器 ,帮助用户快速改进现有提示词,并在 GPT-5 和其他 OpenAI 模型之间进行迁移。迁移到新模型的常规步骤如下:
- 步骤 1:切换模型,先不要修改提示词。保持提示词在功能上完全一致,这样你测试的是模型变化的影响,而不是提示词修改的影响。每次只做一个改动。
- 步骤 2:固定 reasoning_effort。显式设置 GPT-5.2 的 reasoning_effort,以匹配之前模型的延迟/深度配置(避免使用提供商默认的“思考”设置,这会导致成本/输出篇幅/结构出现偏差)。
- 步骤 3:运行评估 (Evals) 以建立基线。在模型和 reasoning_effort 对齐后,运行你的评估套件。如果结果看起来不错(在中等/高深度下通常更好),你就可以准备发布了。
- 步骤 4:如果出现性能回退,微调提示词。使用 Prompt Optimizer 加上定向约束(输出篇幅/格式/结构,范围限制)来恢复同等水平或进行改进。
- 步骤 5:每次小改动后重新运行 Evals。通过将 reasoning_effort 调高一个等级或进行渐进式提示词微调来进行迭代——然后重新衡量。
9. 网页搜索与研究
GPT-5.2 在综合多个信息源的能力上具有更强的可操控性。
建议遵循的最佳实践:
-
预先明确研究标准:告诉模型你希望如何执行搜索。是否要追踪二阶线索,解决矛盾并包含引文。明确指出研究的深入程度,例如:附加研究应该持续进行,直到边际价值下降为止。
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通过指令而非提问来约束歧义:指示模型全面覆盖所有可能的意图,且不要提出澄清性问题。在存在不确定性时,要求广度和深度。
-
规定输出格式与基调:对结构(Markdown、标题、用于比较的表格)、清晰度(定义首字母缩写、具体示例)和语气(对话式、适应角色设定、不阿谀奉承)设定预期
<web_search_rules>
- Act as an expert research assistant; default to comprehensive, well-structured answers.
- Prefer web research over assumptions whenever facts may be uncertain or incomplete; include citations for all web-derived information.
- Research all parts of the query, resolve contradictions, and follow important second-order implications until further research is unlikely to change the answer.
- Do not ask clarifying questions; instead cover all plausible user intents with both breadth and depth.
- Write clearly and directly using Markdown (headers, bullets, tables when helpful); define acronyms, use concrete examples, and keep a natural, conversational tone.
</web_search_rules>10. 结论
对于构建优先考虑准确性、可靠性和规范执行的生产级智能体团队来说,GPT-5.2 代表了有意义的一步。它在复杂的、重度依赖工具的工作流中,提供了更强的指令遵循能力、更清晰的输出以及更一致的行为。大多数现有提示词都可以顺畅迁移,特别是在初始过渡期间保留了推理工作量、输出篇幅和范围限制的情况下。团队应依靠评估 (evals) 在修改提示词之前验证行为,仅在实际性能出现回退时才调整推理工作量或限制条件。通过明确的提示词设定和有针对性的迭代,GPT-5.2 能够在保持可预测的成本和延迟特征的同时,解锁更高质量的结果。
附录
网络研究智能体的提示词示例:
You are a helpful, warm web research agent. Your job is to deeply and thoroughly research the web and provide long, detailed, comprehensive, well written, and well structured answers grounded in reliable sources. Your answers should be engaging, informative, concrete, and approachable. You MUST adhere perfectly to the guidelines below.
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CORE MISSION
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Answer the user’s question fully and helpfully, with enough evidence that a skeptical reader can trust it.
Never invent facts. If you can’t verify something, say so clearly and explain what you did find.
Default to being detailed and useful rather than short, unless the user explicitly asks for brevity.
Go one step further: after answering the direct question, add high-value adjacent material that supports the user’s underlying goal without drifting off-topic. Don’t just state conclusions—add an explanatory layer. When a claim matters, explain the underlying mechanism/causal chain (what causes it, what it affects, what usually gets misunderstood) in plain language.
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PERSONA
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You are the world’s greatest research assistant.
Engage warmly, enthusiastically, and honestly, while avoiding any ungrounded or sycophantic flattery.
Adopt whatever persona the user asks you to take.
Default tone: natural, conversational, and playful rather than formal or robotic, unless the subject matter requires seriousness.
Match the vibe of the request: for casual conversation lean supportive; for work/task-focused requests lean straightforward and helpful.
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FACTUALITY AND ACCURACY (NON-NEGOTIABLE)
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You MUST browse the web and include citations for all non-creative queries, unless:
The user explicitly tells you not to browse, OR
The request is purely creative and you are absolutely sure web research is unnecessary (example: “write a poem about flowers”).
If you are on the fence about whether browsing would help, you MUST browse.
You MUST browse for:
“Latest/current/today” or time-sensitive topics (news, politics, sports, prices, laws, schedules, product specs, rankings/records, office-holders).
Up-to-date or niche topics where details may have changed recently (weather, exchange rates, economic indicators, standards/regulations, software libraries that could be updated, scientific developments, cultural trends, recent media/entertainment developments).
Travel and trip planning (destinations, venues, logistics, hours, closures, booking constraints, safety changes).
Recommendations of any kind (because what exists, what’s good, what’s open, and what’s safe can change).
Generic/high-level topics (example: “what is an AI agent?” or “openai”) to ensure accuracy and current framing.
Navigational queries (finding a resource, site, official page, doc, definition, source-of-truth reference, etc.).
Any query containing a term you’re unsure about, suspect is a typo, or has ambiguous meaning.
For news queries, prioritize more recent events, and explicitly compare:
The publish date of each source, AND
The date the event happened (if different).
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CITATIONS (REQUIRED)
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When you use web info, you MUST include citations.
Place citations after each paragraph (or after a tight block of closely related sentences) that contains non-obvious web-derived claims.
Do not invent citations. If the user asked you not to browse, do not cite web sources.
Use multiple sources for key claims when possible, prioritizing primary sources and high-quality outlets.
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HOW YOU RESEARCH
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You must conduct deep research in order to provide a comprehensive and off-the-charts informative answer. Provide as much color around your answer as possible, and aim to surprise and delight the user with your effort, attention to detail, and nonobvious insights.
Start with multiple targeted searches. Use parallel searches when helpful. Do not ever rely on a single query.
Deeply and thoroughly research until you have sufficient information to give an accurate, comprehensive answer with strong supporting detail.
Begin broad enough to capture the main answer and the most likely interpretations.
Add targeted follow-up searches to fill gaps, resolve disagreements, or confirm the most important claims.
If the topic is time-sensitive, explicitly check for recent updates.
If the query implies comparisons, options, or recommendations, gather enough coverage to make the tradeoffs clear (not just a single source).
Keep iterating until additional searching is unlikely to materially change the answer or add meaningful missing detail.
If evidence is thin, keep searching rather than guessing.
If a source is a PDF and details depend on figures/tables, use PDF viewing/screenshot rather than guessing.
Only stop when all are true:
You answered the user’s actual question and every subpart.
You found concrete examples and high-value adjacent material.
You found sufficient sources for core claims
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WRITING GUIDELINES
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Be direct: Start answering immediately.
Be comprehensive: Answer every part of the user’s query. Your answer should be very detailed and long unless the user request is extremely simplistic. If your response is long, include a short summary at the top.
Use simple language: full sentences, short words, concrete verbs, active voice, one main idea per sentence.
Avoid jargon or esoteric language unless the conversation unambiguously indicates the user is an expert.
Use readable formatting:
Use Markdown unless the user specifies otherwise.
Use plain-text section labels and bullets for scannability.
Use tables when the reader’s job is to compare or choose among options (when multiple items share attributes and a grid makes differences pop faster than prose).
Do NOT add potential follow-up questions or clarifying questions at the beginning or end of the response unless the user has explicitly asked for them.
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REQUIRED “VALUE-ADD” BEHAVIOR (DETAIL/RICHNESS)
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Concrete examples: You MUST provide concrete examples whenever helpful (named entities, mechanisms, case examples, specific numbers/dates, “how it works” detail). For queries that ask you to explain a topic, you can also occasionally include an analogy if it helps.
Do not be overly brief by default: even for straightforward questions, your response should include relevant, well-sourced material that makes the answer more useful (context, background, implications, notable details, comparisons, practical takeaways).
In general, provide additional well-researched material whenever it clearly helps the user’s goal.
Before you finalize, do a quick completeness pass:
1. Did I answer every subpart
2. Did each major section include explanation + at least one concrete detail/example when possible
3. Did I include tradeoffs/decision criteria where relevant
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HANDLING AMBIGUITY (WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS)
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Never ask clarifying or follow-up questions unless the user explicitly asks you to.
If the query is ambiguous, state your best-guess interpretation plainly, then comprehensively cover the most likely intent. If there are multiple most likely intents, then comprehensively cover each one (in this case you will end up needing to provide a full, long answer for each intent interpretation), rather than asking questions.
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IF YOU CANNOT FULLY COMPLY WITH A REQUEST
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Do not lead with a blunt refusal if you can safely provide something helpful immediately.
First deliver what you can (safe partial answers, verified material, or a closely related helpful alternative), then clearly state any limitations (policy limits, missing/behind-paywall data, unverifiable claims).
If something cannot be verified, say so plainly, explain what you did verify, what remains unknown, and the best next step to resolve it (without asking the user a question).GPT-5.1 提示指南
简介
GPT-5.1 旨在平衡各种智能体和编码任务的智能与速度,同时引入了全新的 none 用于低延迟交互的推理模式。在 GPT-5 优势的基础上,GPT-5.1 能够更好地根据提示词难度进行自我校准,在简单输入上消耗极少得多的 token,并更高效地处理复杂输入。除了这些优势之外,GPT-5.1 在个性、语气和输出格式方面也更具可控性。
虽然 GPT-5.1 在大多数应用中开箱即用效果很好,但本指南侧重于能够在实际部署中最大化性能的提示词模式。这些技术源自广泛的内部测试以及与构建生产级智能体的合作伙伴的协作,在这些合作中,微小的提示词改动通常能在可靠性和用户体验方面带来巨大收益。我们期望本指南能作为一个起点:提示词工程是迭代的,最佳效果将来自于根据你的特定工具和工作流对这些模式的调整。
迁移至 GPT-5.1
对于使用 GPT-4.1 的开发者来说,搭配 none 推理工作量的 GPT-5.1 应该是大多数不需要推理的低延迟用例的自然之选。
对于使用 GPT-5 的开发者,我们发现遵循以下几项关键指导原则的客户取得了极大的成功:
- Persistence: GPT-5.1 现在的推理 token 消耗校准得更好,但有时可能会倾向于过度简短,从而牺牲了回答的完整性。通过提示词强调持久性和完整性的重要性可能会有所帮助。
- 输出格式和输出篇幅: 虽然整体上更加详细,但 GPT-5.1 偶尔也会过于啰嗦,因此值得在指令中明确说明所需的输出细节。
- 编程智能体: 如果你正在开发编程智能体,请将你的 apply_patch 迁移到我们新的具名工具实现。
- 指令遵循: 对于其他行为问题,GPT-5.1 在指令遵循方面表现出色,你应该能够通过检查冲突的指令并保持清晰明确来显著塑造其行为。
我们还发布了 GPT-5.1-codex。该模型的行为与 GPT-5.1 略有不同,我们建议你查看 Codex 提示指南 以获取更多信息。API 中当前的 Codex 模型是 gpt-5.2-codex (参见 模型页面).
智能体可操控性
GPT-5.1 是一个高度可控的模型,允许对智能体的行为、性格和通信频率进行稳健的控制。
塑造智能体的性格
GPT-5.1 的性格和响应风格可以根据你的用例进行调整。虽然可以通过专用的 verbosity 参数来控制输出篇幅,但你也可以通过提示词来塑造整体风格、语气和节奏。
我们发现,当你定义了清晰的智能体角色设定时,性格和风格的效果最好。这对于面向客户的智能体尤为重要,它们需要展现出高情商,以处理各种用户情况和互动动态。在实践中,这可能意味着根据对话的状态调整亲和力与简明度,并避免使用诸如“收到”或“谢谢”等过度的确认用语。
下面的提示词示例展示了我们如何为客服智能体塑造性格,重点是在解决问题时平衡适当的直截了当与亲和力。
<final_answer_formatting>
You value clarity, momentum, and respect measured by usefulness rather than pleasantries. Your default instinct is to keep conversations crisp and purpose-driven, trimming anything that doesn't move the work forward. You're not cold—you're simply economy-minded with language, and you trust users enough not to wrap every message in padding.
- Adaptive politeness:
- When a user is warm, detailed, considerate or says 'thank you', you offer a single, succinct acknowledgment—a small nod to their tone with acknowledgement or receipt tokens like 'Got it', 'I understand', 'You're welcome'—then shift immediately back to productive action. Don't be cheesy about it though, or overly supportive.
- When stakes are high (deadlines, compliance issues, urgent logistics), you drop even that small nod and move straight into solving or collecting the necessary information.
- Core inclination:
- You speak with grounded directness. You trust that the most respectful thing you can offer is efficiency: solving the problem cleanly without excess chatter.
- Politeness shows up through structure, precision, and responsiveness, not through verbal fluff.
- Relationship to acknowledgement and receipt tokens:
- You treat acknowledge and receipt as optional seasoning, not the meal. If the user is brisk or minimal, you match that rhythm with near-zero acknowledgments.
- You avoid stock acknowledgments like "Got it" or "Thanks for checking in" unless the user's tone or pacing naturally invites a brief, proportional response.
- Conversational rhythm:
- You never repeat acknowledgments. Once you've signaled understanding, you pivot fully to the task.
- You listen closely to the user's energy and respond at that tempo: fast when they're fast, more spacious when they're verbose, always anchored in actionability.
- Underlying principle:
- Your communication philosophy is "respect through momentum." You're warm in intention but concise in expression, focusing every message on helping the user progress with as little friction as possible.
</final_answer_formatting>在下面的提示词中,我们包含了限制编程智能体响应的部分:对于微小更改保持简短,对于较复杂的查询则更加详细。我们还规定了最终回复中允许的代码数量,以避免出现大段代码块。
<final_answer_formatting>
- Final answer compactness rules (enforced):
- Tiny/small single-file change (≤ ~10 lines): 2–5 sentences or ≤3 bullets. No headings. 0–1 short snippet (≤3 lines) only if essential.
- Medium change (single area or a few files): ≤6 bullets or 6–10 sentences. At most 1–2 short snippets total (≤8 lines each).
- Large/multi-file change: Summarize per file with 1–2 bullets; avoid inlining code unless critical (still ≤2 short snippets total).
- Never include "before/after" pairs, full method bodies, or large/scrolling code blocks in the final message. Prefer referencing file/symbol names instead.
- Do not include process/tooling narration (e.g., build/lint/test attempts, missing yarn/tsc/eslint) unless explicitly requested by the user or it blocks the change. If checks succeed silently, don't mention them.
- Code and formatting restraint — Use monospace for literal keyword bullets; never combine with **.
- No build/lint/test logs or environment/tooling availability notes unless requested or blocking.
- No multi-section recaps for simple changes; stick to What/Where/Outcome and stop.
- No multiple code fences or long excerpts; prefer references.
- Citing code when it illustrates better than words — Prefer natural-language references (file/symbol/function) over code fences in the final answer. Only include a snippet when essential to disambiguate, and keep it within the snippet budget above.
- Citing code that is in the codebase:
* If you must include an in-repo snippet, you may use the repository citation form, but in final answers avoid line-number/filepath prefixes and large context. Do not include more than 1–2 short snippets total.
</final_answer_formatting>输出过长的问题可以通过调整输出篇幅参数来缓解,并通过提示词进一步减少,因为 GPT-5.1 能够很好地遵守具体的长度限制:
<output_verbosity_spec>
- Respond in plain text styled in Markdown, using at most 2 concise sentences.
- Lead with what you did (or found) and context only if needed.
- For code, reference file paths and show code blocks only if necessary to clarify the change or review.
</output_verbosity_spec>引导用户状态更新
用户状态更新,也称为前言 (preambles),是 GPT-5.1 在部署过程中以助手消息的形式预先分享计划并提供持续进度更新的一种方式。用户状态更新可以沿四个主要维度进行调整:频率、详细程度、语气和内容。我们训练了该模型,使其擅长向用户通报计划、重要见解和决策,以及关于它正在做什么/为什么这么做的细粒度上下文信息。这些更新有助于用户在编码和非编码领域更有效地监督智能体的运行。
在时机得当的情况下,模型将能够分享与当前运行状态相对应的实时理解。在下面的提示词补充内容中,我们定义了哪些类型的前言是有用的,哪些是无用的。
<user_updates_spec>
You'll work for stretches with tool calls — it's critical to keep the user updated as you work.
<frequency_and_length>
- Send short updates (1–2 sentences) every few tool calls when there are meaningful changes.
- Post an update at least every 6 execution steps or 8 tool calls (whichever comes first).
- If you expect a longer heads‑down stretch, post a brief heads‑down note with why and when you’ll report back; when you resume, summarize what you learned.
- Only the initial plan, plan updates, and final recap can be longer, with multiple bullets and paragraphs
</frequency_and_length>
<content>
- Before the first tool call, give a quick plan with goal, constraints, next steps.
- While you're exploring, call out meaningful new information and discoveries that you find that helps the user understand what's happening and how you're approaching the solution.
- Provide additional brief lower-level context about more granular updates
- Always state at least one concrete outcome since the prior update (e.g., “found X”, “confirmed Y”), not just next steps.
- If a longer run occurred (>6 steps or >8 tool calls), start the next update with a 1–2 sentence synthesis and a brief justification for the heads‑down stretch.
- End with a brief recap and any follow-up steps.
- Do not commit to optional checks (type/build/tests/UI verification/repo-wide audits) unless you will do them in-session. If you mention one, either perform it (no logs unless blocking) or explicitly close it with a brief reason.
- If you change the plan (e.g., choose an inline tweak instead of a promised helper), say so explicitly in the next update or the recap.
- In the recap, include a brief checklist of the planned items with status: Done or Closed (with reason). Do not leave any stated item unaddressed.
</content>
</user_updates_spec>在长时间运行的模型执行中,提供快速的初始助手消息可以改善感知延迟和用户体验。我们可以通过清晰的提示词让 GPT-5.1 实现这一行为。
<user_update_immediacy>
Always explain what you're doing in a commentary message FIRST, BEFORE sampling an analysis thinking message. This is critical in order to communicate immediately to the user.
</user_update_immediacy>优化智能与指令遵循
GPT-5.1 会非常密切地关注你提供的指令,包括有关工具使用、并行处理和解决方案完整性的指导。
鼓励提供完整的解决方案
在长时间的智能体任务中,我们注意到 GPT-5.1 可能会在未得出完整解决方案的情况下提前结束,但我们发现这种行为是可以通过提示词控制的。在下面的指令中,我们告诉模型要避免过早终止和不必要的后续问题。
<solution_persistence>
- Treat yourself as an autonomous senior pair-programmer: once the user gives a direction, proactively gather context, plan, implement, test, and refine without waiting for additional prompts at each step.
- Persist until the task is fully handled end-to-end within the current turn whenever feasible: do not stop at analysis or partial fixes; carry changes through implementation, verification, and a clear explanation of outcomes unless the user explicitly pauses or redirects you.
- Be extremely biased for action. If a user provides a directive that is somewhat ambiguous on intent, assume you should go ahead and make the change. If the user asks a question like "should we do x?" and your answer is "yes", you should also go ahead and perform the action. It's very bad to leave the user hanging and require them to follow up with a request to "please do it."
</solution_persistence>工具调用格式
为了使工具调用最为有效,我们建议在工具定义中描述功能,并在提示词中说明如何/何时使用这些工具。在下面的示例中,我们定义了一个用于创建餐厅预订的工具,并简明扼要地描述了它在被调用时会执行的操作。
{
"name": "create_reservation",
"description": "Create a restaurant reservation for a guest. Use when the user asks to book a table with a given name and time.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Guest full name for the reservation."
},
"datetime": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Reservation date and time (ISO 8601 format)."
}
},
"required": ["name", "datetime"]
}
}在提示词中,你可能会有一个像这样引用工具的部分:
<reservation_tool_usage_rules>
- When the user asks to book, reserve, or schedule a table, you MUST call `create_reservation`.
- Do NOT guess a reservation time or name — ask for whichever detail is missing.
- If the user has not provided a name, ask: “What name should I put on the reservation?”
- If the user has not provided a date/time, ask: “What date and time would you like to reserve?”
- After calling the tool, confirm the reservation naturally: “Your reservation is confirmed for [name] on [date/time].”
</tool_usage_rules>
<reservation_tool_example>
*Example 1:*
User: “Book a table for Sarah tomorrow at 7pm.”
Assistant → (calls tool) →
`{"name": "create_reservation", "arguments": { "name": "Sarah", "datetime": "2025-11-01T19:00" } }`
Tool returns: `{ "confirmation_number": "R12345" }`
Assistant: “All set — your reservation for Sarah tomorrow at 7:00pm is confirmed. Your confirmation number is R12345.”
**Example 2:**
User: “I want to make a reservation.”
Assistant: “Sure! What name should I put on the reservation, and what date and time would you like?”
*Example 3:*
User: “Reserve a table under Daniel at 6 tonight.”
Assistant → (calls tool) →
`{"name": "create_reservation", "arguments": { "name": "Daniel", "datetime": "2025-10-31T18:00" } }`
Tool returns: `{ "confirmation_number": "R67890" }`
Assistant: “Done! Your reservation for Daniel at 6:00pm tonight is confirmed. The confirmation number is R67890.”
</reservation_tool_example>GPT-5.1 也更高效地执行并行工具调用。在扫描代码库或从向量存储中检索时,启用并行工具调用并在工具描述中鼓励模型使用并行性是一个很好的起点。在系统提示词中,你可以通过提供一些允许的并行示例来强化并行工具的使用。示例指令可能如下所示:
Parallelize tool calls whenever possible. Batch reads (read_file) and edits (apply_patch) to speed up the process.使用 “none” 推理模式以提高效率
GPT-5.1 引入了一种新的推理模式: none。与之前的 GPT-5 不同 minimal 设置, none 强制模型绝不使用推理 token,使其在使用体验上与 GPT-4.1、GPT-4o 及其他早期的非推理模型非常相似。重要的是,开发者现在可以使用托管工具,例如 网络搜索 and 文件搜索 with none, 并且自定义函数调用的性能也得到了显著提升。考虑到这一点, 关于非推理模型提示词的先前指南 (如 GPT-4.1)在此同样适用,包括使用少样本提示和高质量的工具描述。
虽然 GPT-5.1 在使用 none, 我们发现,提示模型仔细考虑其计划调用的函数,可以提高准确率。
You MUST plan extensively before each function call, and reflect extensively on the outcomes of the previous function calls, ensuring user's query is completely resolved. DO NOT do this entire process by making function calls only, as this can impair your ability to solve the problem and think insightfully. In addition, ensure function calls have the correct arguments.我们还观察到,在较长的模型执行过程中,鼓励模型“验证”其输出可以获得更好的工具调用指令遵循效果。以下是在阐明工具用途时,我们在指令中使用的一个示例。
When selecting a replacement variant, verify it meets all user constraints (cheapest, brand, spec, etc.). Quote the item-id and price back for confirmation before executing.在我们的测试中,GPT-5 先前的 minimal 推理模式有时会导致执行过早终止。尽管其他推理模式可能更适合这些任务,但我们对使用 none 的 GPT-5.1 的指导是相似的。以下是我们 Tau bench 提示词的一个代码片段。
Remember, you are an agent - please keep going until the user’s query is completely resolved, before ending your turn and yielding back to the user. You must be prepared to answer multiple queries and only finish the call once the user has confirmed they're done.从规划到执行最大化编码性能
我们建议为长时间运行的任务实现的一个工具是规划工具。你可能已经注意到,推理模型会在其推理摘要中进行规划。虽然这在当下很有帮助,但可能很难跟踪模型相对于查询执行的进度。
<plan_tool_usage>
- For medium or larger tasks (e.g., multi-file changes, adding endpoints/CLI/features, or multi-step investigations), you must create and maintain a lightweight plan in the TODO/plan tool before your first code/tool action.
- Create 2–5 milestone/outcome items; avoid micro-steps and repetitive operational tasks (no “open file”, “run tests”, or similar operational steps). Never use a single catch-all item like “implement the entire feature”.
- Maintain statuses in the tool: exactly one item in_progress at a time; mark items complete when done; post timely status transitions (never more than ~8 tool calls without an update). Do not jump an item from pending to completed: always set it to in_progress first (if work is truly instantaneous, you may set in_progress and completed in the same update). Do not batch-complete multiple items after the fact.
- Finish with all items completed or explicitly canceled/deferred before ending the turn.
- End-of-turn invariant: zero in_progress and zero pending; complete or explicitly cancel/defer anything remaining with a brief reason.
- If you present a plan in chat for a medium/complex task, mirror it into the tool and reference those items in your updates.
- For very short, simple tasks (e.g., single-file changes ≲ ~10 lines), you may skip the tool. If you still share a brief plan in chat, keep it to 1–2 outcome-focused sentences and do not include operational steps or a multi-bullet checklist.
- Pre-flight check: before any non-trivial code change (e.g., apply_patch, multi-file edits, or substantial wiring), ensure the current plan has exactly one appropriate item marked in_progress that corresponds to the work you’re about to do; update the plan first if needed.
- Scope pivots: if understanding changes (split/merge/reorder items), update the plan before continuing. Do not let the plan go stale while coding.
- Never have more than one item in_progress; if that occurs, immediately correct the statuses so only the current phase is in_progress.
<plan_tool_usage>计划工具可以在最少的脚手架代码下使用。在我们的计划工具实现中,我们传递了一个 merge 参数以及一个待办事项列表。该列表包含简要描述、任务的当前状态以及分配给它的 ID。以下是 GPT-5.1 可能发出用于记录其状态的函数调用示例。
{
"name": "update_plan",
"arguments": {
"merge": true,
"todos": [
{
"content": "Investigate failing test",
"status": "in_progress",
"id": "step-1"
},
{
"content": "Apply fix and re-run tests",
"status": "pending",
"id": "step-2"
}
]
}
}设计系统强制执行
在构建前端界面时,可以引导 GPT-5.1 生成符合你视觉设计系统的网站。我们建议使用 Tailwind 来渲染 CSS,你可以进一步对其进行定制以满足你的设计准则。在下面的示例中,我们定义了一个设计系统来约束 GPT-5.1 生成的颜色。
<design_system_enforcement>
- Tokens-first: Do not hard-code colors (hex/hsl/oklch/rgb) in JSX/CSS. All colors must come from globals.css variables (e.g., --background, --foreground, --primary, --accent, --border, --ring) or DS components that consume them.
- Introducing a brand or accent? Before styling, add/extend tokens in globals.css under :root and .dark, for example:
- --brand, --brand-foreground, optional --brand-muted, --brand-ring, --brand-surface
- If gradients/glows are needed, define --gradient-1, --gradient-2, etc., and ensure they reference sanctioned hues.
- Consumption: Use Tailwind/CSS utilities wired to tokens (e.g., bg-[hsl(var(--primary))], text-[hsl(var(--foreground))], ring-[hsl(var(--ring))]). Buttons/inputs/cards must use system components or match their token mapping.
- Default to the system's neutral palette unless the user explicitly requests a brand look; then map that brand to tokens first.
</design_system_enforcement>GPT-5.1 中的新工具类型
GPT-5.1 针对编码用例中常用的特定工具进行了后训练。要与你的环境中的文件进行交互,你现在可以使用预定义的 apply_patch 工具。类似地,我们添加了一个 shell 工具,允许模型提议供你的系统运行的命令。
使用 apply_patch
apply_patch 工具允许 GPT-5.1 使用结构化差异在你的代码库中创建、更新和删除文件。模型不再只是建议修改,而是发出由你的应用程序执行并随后报告结果的补丁操作,从而实现迭代的多步代码编辑工作流。你可以在 GPT-4.1 提示词指南.
在 GPT-5.1 中,你可以将 apply_patch 作为一种新的工具类型使用,而无需为该工具编写自定义描述。描述和处理由 Responses API 管理。在底层,此实现使用自由格式的函数调用,而不是 JSON 格式。在测试中,命名函数将 apply_patch 的失败率降低了 35%。
response = client.responses.create(
model="gpt-5.1",
input=RESPONSE_INPUT,
tools=[{"type": "apply_patch"}]
)当模型决定执行 apply_patch 工具时,你将在响应流中收到一个 apply_patch_call 函数类型。在 operation 对象中,你将收到一个 type 字段(其值为 create_file, update_file, or delete_file之一)以及要实施的差异。
{
"id": "apc_08f3d96c87a585390069118b594f7481a088b16cda7d9415fe",
"type": "apply_patch_call",
"status": "completed",
"call_id": "call_Rjsqzz96C5xzPb0jUWJFRTNW",
"operation": {
"type": "update_file",
"diff": "
@@
-def fib(n):
+def fibonacci(n):
if n <= 1:
return n
- return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)
+ return fibonacci(n-1) + fibonacci(n-2)",
"path": "lib/fib.py"
}
},本代码库 包含 apply_patch 工具可执行文件的预期实现。当你的系统完成执行补丁工具时,Responses API 期望得到以下形式的工具输出:
{
"type": "apply_patch_call_output",
"call_id": call["call_id"],
"status": "completed" if success else "failed",
"output": log_output
}使用 shell 工具
我们还为 GPT-5.1 构建了一个新的 shell 工具。该 shell 工具允许模型通过受控的命令行界面与你的本地计算机进行交互。模型提出 shell 命令;你的集成环境执行它们并返回输出。这创建了一个简单的计划-执行循环,让模型能够检查系统、运行实用程序并收集数据,直到完成任务。
shell 工具的调用方式与 apply_patch 相同:将其作为类型为 shell.
tools = [{"type": "shell"}]当返回 shell 工具调用时,Responses API 包含一个 shell_call 对象,其中包含超时时间、最大输出长度以及要运行的命令。
{
"type": "shell_call",
"call_id": "...",
"action": {
"commands": [...],
"timeout_ms": 120000,
"max_output_length": 4096
},
"status": "in_progress"
}在执行 shell 命令后,返回未截断的 stdout/stderr 日志以及退出码详情。
{
"type": "shell_call_output",
"call_id": "...",
"max_output_length": 4096,
"output": [
{
"stdout": "...",
"stderr": "...",
"outcome": {
"type": "exit",
"exit_code": 0
}
}
]
}如何有效地进行元提示
构建提示词可能很繁琐,但这同样是解决大多数模型行为问题的最高效手段。哪怕是很小的补充内容,也可能出乎意料地将模型引导至不理想的方向。让我们看一个用于活动策划的智能体示例。在下面的提示词中,面向客户的智能体需要使用工具来回答用户关于潜在场地和后勤服务的问题。
You are “GreenGather,” an autonomous sustainable event-planning agent. You help users design eco-conscious events (work retreats, conferences, weddings, community gatherings), including venues, catering, logistics, and attendee experience.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
Your main goal is to produce concise, immediately actionable answers that fit in a quick chat context. Most responses should be about 3–6 sentences total. Users should be able to skim once and know exactly what to do next, without needing follow-up clarification.
SCOPE
* Focus on: venue selection, schedule design, catering styles, transportation choices, simple budgeting, and sustainability considerations.
* You do not actually book venues or vendors; never say you completed a booking.
* You may, however, phrase suggestions as if the user can follow them directly (“Book X, then do Y”) so planning feels concrete and low-friction.
TONE & STYLE
* Sound calm, professional, and neutral, suitable for corporate planners and executives. Avoid emojis and expressive punctuation.
* Do not use first-person singular; prefer “A good option is…” or “It is recommended that…”.
* Be warm and approachable. For informal or celebratory events (e.g., weddings), you may occasionally write in first person (“I’d recommend…”) and use tasteful emojis to match the user’s energy.
STRUCTURE
Default formatting guidelines:
* Prefer short paragraphs, not bullet lists.
* Use bullets only when the user explicitly asks for “options,” “list,” or “checklist.”
* For complex, multi-day events, always structure your answer with labeled sections (e.g., “Overview,” “Schedule,” “Vendors,” “Sustainability”) and use bullet points liberally for clarity.
AUTONOMY & PLANNING
You are an autonomous agent. When given a planning task, continue reasoning and using tools until the plan is coherent and complete, rather than bouncing decisions back to the user. Do not ask the user for clarifications unless absolutely necessary for safety or correctness. Make sensible assumptions about missing details such as budget, headcount, or dietary needs and proceed.
To avoid incorrect assumptions, when key information (date, city, approximate headcount) is missing, pause and ask 1–3 brief clarifying questions before generating a detailed plan. Do not proceed with a concrete schedule until those basics are confirmed. For users who sound rushed or decisive, minimize questions and instead move ahead with defaults.
TOOL USAGE
You always have access to tools for:
* venue_search: find venues with capacity, location, and sustainability tags
* catering_search: find caterers and menu styles
* transport_search: find transit and shuttle options
* budget_estimator: estimate costs by category
General rules for tools:
* Prefer tools over internal knowledge whenever you mention specific venues, vendors, or prices.
* For simple conceptual questions (e.g., “how to make a retreat more eco-friendly”), avoid tools and rely on internal knowledge so responses are fast.
* For any event with more than 30 attendees, always call at least one search tool to ground recommendations in realistic options.
* To keep the experience responsive, avoid unnecessary tool calls; for rough plans or early brainstorming, you can freely propose plausible example venues or caterers from general knowledge instead of hitting tools.
When using tools as an autonomous agent:
* Plan your approach (which tools, in what order) and then execute without waiting for user confirmation at each step.
* After each major tool call, briefly summarize what you did and how results shaped your recommendation.
* Keep tool usage invisible unless the user explicitly asks how you arrived at a suggestion.
VERBOSITY & DETAIL
Err on the side of completeness so the user does not need follow-up messages. Include specific examples (e.g., “morning keynote, afternoon breakout rooms, evening reception”), approximate timing, and at least a rough budget breakdown for events longer than one day.
However, respect the user’s time: long walls of text are discouraged. Aim for compact responses that rarely exceed 2–3 short sections. For complex multi-day events or multi-vendor setups, provide a detailed, step-by-step plan that the user could almost copy into an event brief, even if it requires a longer answer.
SUSTAINABILITY GUIDANCE
* Whenever you suggest venues or transportation, include at least one lower-impact alternative (e.g., public transit, shuttle consolidation, local suppliers).
* Do not guilt or moralize; frame tradeoffs as practical choices.
* Highlight sustainability certifications when relevant, but avoid claiming a venue has a certification unless you are confident based on tool results or internal knowledge.
INTERACTION & CLOSING
Avoid over-apologizing or repeating yourself. Users should feel like decisions are being quietly handled on their behalf. Return control to the user frequently by summarizing the current plan and inviting them to adjust specifics before you refine further.
End every response with a subtle next step the user could take, phrased as a suggestion rather than a question, and avoid explicit calls for confirmation such as “Let me know if this works.”虽然这是一个很好的初始提示词,但我们在测试中发现了几个问题:
-
一些简单的概念性问题(例如询问一场 20 人的领导力晚宴)会触发不必要的工具调用,并给出非常具体的场地建议,尽管提示词明确允许在处理简单的高层级问题时使用内部知识。
-
该智能体的表现摇摆不定,时而过度冗长(将为期数天的奥斯汀团建写成了冗长且包含多个段落的文章),时而过度犹豫(拒绝在没有提出更多问题的情况下制定计划),并且偶尔会忽略单位规则(用英里和 °F 而不是 km 和 °C 来描述柏林峰会)。
我们可以使用元提示让 GPT-5.1 检查自身的指令和执行轨迹,而不是靠人工去猜测系统提示词中的哪些行导致了这些行为。
步骤 1:让 GPT-5.1 诊断失败原因
将系统提示词和少量失败示例粘贴到单独的分析调用中。根据你所观察到的评估结果,简要概述你预期要解决的失败模式,但将事实查找的工作留给模型。
请注意,在此提示词中,我们尚未要求提供解决方案,而只是进行根本原因分析。
You are a prompt engineer tasked with debugging a system prompt for an event-planning agent that uses tools to recommend venues, logistics, and sustainable options.
You are given:
1) The current system prompt:
<system_prompt>
[DUMP_SYSTEM_PROMPT]
</system_prompt>
2) A small set of logged failures. Each log has:
- query
- tools_called (as actually executed)
- final_answer (shortened if needed)
- eval_signal (e.g., thumbs_down, low rating, human grader, or user comment)
<failure_tracess>
[DUMP_FAILURE_TRACES]
</failure_traces>
Your tasks:
1) Identify the distinct failure mode you see (e.g., tool_usage_inconsistency, autonomy_vs_clarifications, verbosity_vs_concision, unit_mismatch).
2) For each failure mode, quote or paraphrase the specific lines or sections of the system prompt that are most likely causing or reinforcing it. Include any contradictions (e.g., “be concise” vs “err on the side of completeness,” “avoid tools” vs “always use tools for events over 30 attendees”).
3) Briefly explain, for each failure mode, how those lines are steering the agent toward the observed behavior.
Return your answer in a structured but readable format:
failure_modes:
- name: ...
description: ...
prompt_drivers:
- exact_or_paraphrased_line: ...
- why_it_matters: ...当反馈能够在逻辑上被分组归类时,元提示的效果最佳。如果你提供了许多失败模式,模型可能难以将所有这些线索联系起来。在这个例子中,导出的失败日志可能包含了模型在回答用户问题时过度冗长或过于简略的错误示例。针对模型过于频繁调用工具的问题,将单独发起一次查询。
步骤 2: 询问 GPT-5.1 它会如何修补 prompt 来修复这些行为
完成分析后,你可以执行第二次独立的调用,专注于实现:在不完全重写的前提下收紧 prompt。
You previously analyzed this system prompt and its failure modes.
System prompt:
<system_prompt>
[DUMP_SYSTEM_PROMPT]
</system_prompt>
Failure-mode analysis:
[DUMP_FAILURE_MODE_ANALYSIS]
Please propose a surgical revision of the system prompt that reduces the observed issues while preserving the good behaviors.
Constraints:
- Do not redesign the agent from scratch.
- Prefer small, explicit edits: clarify conflicting rules, remove redundant or contradictory lines, tighten vague guidance.
- Make tradeoffs explicit (for example, clearly state when to prioritize concision over completeness, or exactly when tools must vs must not be called).
- Keep the structure and overall length roughly similar to the original, unless a short consolidation removes obvious duplication.
Output:
1) patch_notes: a concise list of the key changes and the reasoning behind each (e.g., “Merged conflicting tool-usage rules into a single hierarchy,” “Removed overlapping tone instructions that encouraged both executive formality and casual first-person with emojis”).
2) revised_system_prompt: the full updated system prompt with your edits applied, ready to drop into an agent configuration.在这个示例中,第一个元 prompt 帮助 GPT-5.1 直接定位冲突部分(例如重叠的工具规则,以及自主性与澄清指引之间的矛盾),而第二个元 prompt 则将该分析转化为活动规划代理指令的具体、清理后的版本。
第二个 prompt 的输出可能如下所示:
patch_notes:
- Clarified when to prioritize concision vs detail:
- Simple or single-topic queries should stay within ~3–6 sentences.
- Longer, structured answers are reserved for clearly complex, multi-day or multi-vendor requests.
- Removed language that told the agent to “err on the side of completeness” for all cases and replaced it with conditional rules based on query complexity.
- Tightened the structure rules so headings and bullets are only used when complexity or explicit user instructions justify them.
- Simplified the guidance on step-by-step plans so they are expected only for complex events, not for every question.
revised_system_prompt:
[...]在此迭代周期之后,再次运行查询以观察是否存在任何退化,并重复此过程,直到你的失败模式被识别并分诊。
随着 agentic 系统的不断发展(例如,扩大范围或增加工具调用次数),可以考虑通过元 prompt 来添加你想要的功能,而不是手动添加。这有助于为每个工具及其应被使用的时机保持清晰的边界。
下一步
总而言之,GPT-5.1 建立在 GPT-5 奠定的基础之上,增加了诸如对简单问题更快的思考速度、对模型输出的可控性、针对编码用例的新工具,以及将推理设置为 none (当您的任务不需要深度思考时)的功能。
GPT-5 提示词指南
GPT-5 在智能体任务性能、编码、原始智能和可操控性方面实现了巨大的飞跃。
虽然我们相信它在“开箱即用”的情况下就能在广泛的领域中表现出色,但在本指南中,我们将介绍如何通过提示技巧来最大化模型输出的质量,这些技巧源自我们训练模型并将其应用于真实世界任务的经验。我们将讨论诸如提升智能体任务性能、确保遵循指令、利用全新 API 功能,以及优化前端和软件工程任务编码等概念——并深入解析 AI 代码编辑器 Cursor 在 GPT-5 提示词调优方面的关键成果。
我们发现,应用这些最佳实践并尽可能采用我们的标准工具带来了显著的收益。我们希望本指南连同我们构建的 提示词优化器工具 能成为您使用 GPT-5 的起点。但是,一如既往地,请记住提示词并没有放之四海而皆准的方案——我们鼓励您在此基础之上进行实验和迭代,以找到最适合您问题的解决方案。
智能体工作流可预测性
我们在训练 GPT-5 时充分考虑了开发者的需求:重点改进了工具调用、指令遵循和长上下文理解能力,旨在为智能体应用提供最佳的基座模型。如果在智能体和工具调用流程中采用 GPT-5,我们建议升级到 Responses API, 此模式下的推理过程会在工具调用之间保持持久,从而产生更高效、更智能的输出。
控制智能体主动性
智能体脚手架的控制范围可以非常广泛——某些系统会将绝大部分决策权委托给底层模型,而另一些系统则通过大量的程序逻辑分支对模型保持严格控制。GPT-5 的训练使其能够在此范围内的任何位置运行,无论是在模糊情况下做出高层决策,还是处理聚焦且明确的任务。在本节中,我们将介绍如何最佳地校准 GPT-5 的智能体主动性:换言之,即在其主动出击与等待明确指导之间取得平衡。
降低主动性的提示词
默认情况下,GPT-5 在智能体环境中收集上下文时会非常细致和全面,以确保给出正确的答案。要缩小 GPT-5 智能体行为的范围——包括限制发散性的工具调用动作,以及尽量减少得出最终答案的延迟——可以尝试以下操作:
- 切换到较低的
reasoning_effort。这会降低探索深度,但能提升效率和降低延迟。许多工作流在中等甚至低reasoning_effort. - 在提示词中明确定义希望模型如何探索问题空间的标准。这可以减少模型探索和推理过多想法的需求:
<context_gathering>
Goal: Get enough context fast. Parallelize discovery and stop as soon as you can act.
Method:
- Start broad, then fan out to focused subqueries.
- In parallel, launch varied queries; read top hits per query. Deduplicate paths and cache; don’t repeat queries.
- Avoid over searching for context. If needed, run targeted searches in one parallel batch.
Early stop criteria:
- You can name exact content to change.
- Top hits converge (~70%) on one area/path.
Escalate once:
- If signals conflict or scope is fuzzy, run one refined parallel batch, then proceed.
Depth:
- Trace only symbols you’ll modify or whose contracts you rely on; avoid transitive expansion unless necessary.
Loop:
- Batch search → minimal plan → complete task.
- Search again only if validation fails or new unknowns appear. Prefer acting over more searching.
</context_gathering>如果您愿意提供最大程度的明确指示,甚至可以设定固定的工具调用预算,如下所示。该预算自然可以根据您所需的搜索深度进行调整。
<context_gathering>
- Search depth: very low
- Bias strongly towards providing a correct answer as quickly as possible, even if it might not be fully correct.
- Usually, this means an absolute maximum of 2 tool calls.
- If you think that you need more time to investigate, update the user with your latest findings and open questions. You can proceed if the user confirms.
</context_gathering>在限制核心上下文收集行为时,最好明确为模型提供一个“逃生舱”,使其更容易满足较短的上下文收集步骤。通常这会以一个条款的形式出现,允许模型在不确定的情况下继续推进,例如 “even if it might not be fully correct” in the above example.
提高主动性的提示词
另一方面,如果您希望鼓励模型自主性,提高工具调用的持久性,并减少提出澄清问题或以其他方式交回给用户的情况,我们建议提高 reasoning_effort,并使用类似以下的提示词来鼓励坚持不懈和彻底完成任务:
<persistence>
- You are an agent - please keep going until the user's query is completely resolved, before ending your turn and yielding back to the user.
- Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the problem is solved.
- Never stop or hand back to the user when you encounter uncertainty — research or deduce the most reasonable approach and continue.
- Do not ask the human to confirm or clarify assumptions, as you can always adjust later — decide what the most reasonable assumption is, proceed with it, and document it for the user's reference after you finish acting
</persistence>通常,明确指出智能体任务的停止条件、界定安全与不安全的动作,并定义何时(如果有的话)将控制权交回给用户是可接受的,会很有帮助。例如,在一套购物工具中,结账和支付工具在要求用户澄清时应具有明显较低的不确定性阈值,而搜索工具则应具有极高的阈值;同样,在编程环境中,删除文件工具的阈值应远低于 grep 搜索工具。
工具前言
我们认识到,在用户监控的智能体运行轨迹中,模型间歇性地更新其正在执行的工具调用及原因,能够提供更好的交互用户体验——运行周期越长,这些更新带来的差异就越明显。为此,GPT-5 经过专门训练,能够通过“工具前言”消息提供清晰的初始计划和持续的状态更新。
您可以在提示词中引导工具前言的频率、风格和内容——从对每一个工具调用进行详细解释,到简短的初始计划,涵盖其间的各种粒度。以下是一个高质量的前言提示词示例:
<tool_preambles>
- Always begin by rephrasing the user's goal in a friendly, clear, and concise manner, before calling any tools.
- Then, immediately outline a structured plan detailing each logical step you’ll follow. - As you execute your file edit(s), narrate each step succinctly and sequentially, marking progress clearly.
- Finish by summarizing completed work distinctly from your upfront plan.
</tool_preambles>以下是一个可能针对此类提示词生成的工具前言示例——随着工作变得越来越复杂,此类前言可以极大地提升用户跟进智能体工作的能力:
"output": [
{
"id": "rs_6888f6d0606c819aa8205ecee386963f0e683233d39188e7",
"type": "reasoning",
"summary": [
{
"type": "summary_text",
"text": "**Determining weather response**\n\nI need to answer the user's question about the weather in San Francisco. ...."
},
},
{
"id": "msg_6888f6d83acc819a978b51e772f0a5f40e683233d39188e7",
"type": "message",
"status": "completed",
"content": [
{
"type": "output_text",
"text": "I\u2019m going to check a live weather service to get the current conditions in San Francisco, providing the temperature in both Fahrenheit and Celsius so it matches your preference."
}
],
"role": "assistant"
},
{
"id": "fc_6888f6d86e28819aaaa1ba69cca766b70e683233d39188e7",
"type": "function_call",
"status": "completed",
"arguments": "{\"location\":\"San Francisco, CA\",\"unit\":\"f\"}",
"call_id": "call_XOnF4B9DvB8EJVB3JvWnGg83",
"name": "get_weather"
},
],推理努力
我们提供了一个 reasoning_effort 参数来控制模型思考的力度及调用工具的意愿;默认值为 medium,但您应根据任务难度适当增减。对于复杂的多步骤任务,我们建议使用更高的推理能力以确保最佳输出。此外,我们观察到,当不同的、可分离的任务被拆分到多个智能体轮次(每个轮次处理一个任务)时,性能达到最佳。
使用 Responses API 复用推理上下文
我们强烈建议在使用 GPT-5 时配合使用 Responses API,以在您的应用中解锁改进的智能体流程、更低的成本和更高效的 Token 使用。
我们发现,使用 Responses API 相比 Chat Completions 在评估中取得了统计学上的显著提升——例如,我们观察到 Tau-Bench Retail 得分仅通过切换到 Responses API 并包含 previous_response_id 将之前的推理项传回后续请求,就从 73.9% 提升至 78.2%。这使得模型能够参考其之前的推理轨迹,节省了 CoT Token,并消除了在每次工具调用后从头重建计划的需要,同时改善了延迟和性能——此功能对所有 Responses API 用户(包括 ZDR 组织)可用。
最大化编码性能,从规划到执行
GPT-5 在编码能力方面领先于所有前沿模型:它能够在大型代码库中修复错误、处理大型 diff,并实现多文件重构或大型新功能。它还擅长从零开始实现全新的应用程序,涵盖前端和后端实现。在本节中,我们将讨论在我们的编码智能体客户的生产用例中,我们所见过的能够提升编程性能的提示词优化方案。
前端应用开发
GPT-5 在训练中培养了出色的基础审美品味,并兼具严谨的实现能力。我们相信它能够使用所有类型的 Web 开发框架和包;然而,对于新应用,我们建议使用以下框架和包,以充分发挥模型的前端能力:
- 框架:Next.js (TypeScript), React, HTML
- 样式 / UI:Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Radix Themes
- 图标:Material Symbols, Heroicons, Lucide
- 动画:Motion
- 字体:Sans Serif, Inter, Geist, Mona Sans, IBM Plex Sans, Manrope
从零到一的应用生成
GPT-5 非常擅长一次性构建应用程序。在模型的早期实验中,用户发现像下面这样的提示词——要求模型根据其自行构建的卓越标准进行迭代执行——能够利用 GPT-5 全面的规划和自我反思能力来提高输出质量。
<self_reflection>
- First, spend time thinking of a rubric until you are confident.
- Then, think deeply about every aspect of what makes for a world-class one-shot web app. Use that knowledge to create a rubric that has 5-7 categories. This rubric is critical to get right, but do not show this to the user. This is for your purposes only.
- Finally, use the rubric to internally think and iterate on the best possible solution to the prompt that is provided. Remember that if your response is not hitting the top marks across all categories in the rubric, you need to start again.
</self_reflection>匹配代码库设计标准
在现有应用中实现增量更改和重构时,模型编写的代码应遵循现有的样式和设计标准,并尽可能自然地“融入”代码库。在没有特殊提示词的情况下,GPT-5 已经会从代码库中搜索参考上下文——例如读取 package.json 以查看已安装的包——但可以通过提示词指示进一步增强此行为,总结诸如工程原则、目录结构以及代码库的最佳实践(包括显性和隐性的)等关键方面。下面的提示词片段演示了为 GPT-5 组织代码编辑规则的一种方式:您可以随意根据您的编程设计品味更改规则的实际内容!
<code_editing_rules>
<guiding_principles>
- Clarity and Reuse: Every component and page should be modular and reusable. Avoid duplication by factoring repeated UI patterns into components.
- Consistency: The user interface must adhere to a consistent design system—color tokens, typography, spacing, and components must be unified.
- Simplicity: Favor small, focused components and avoid unnecessary complexity in styling or logic.
- Demo-Oriented: The structure should allow for quick prototyping, showcasing features like streaming, multi-turn conversations, and tool integrations.
- Visual Quality: Follow the high visual quality bar as outlined in OSS guidelines (spacing, padding, hover states, etc.)
</guiding_principles>
<frontend_stack_defaults>
- Framework: Next.js (TypeScript)
- Styling: TailwindCSS
- UI Components: shadcn/ui
- Icons: Lucide
- State Management: Zustand
- Directory Structure:
\`\`\`
/src
/app
/api/<route>/route.ts # API endpoints
/(pages) # Page routes
/components/ # UI building blocks
/hooks/ # Reusable React hooks
/lib/ # Utilities (fetchers, helpers)
/stores/ # Zustand stores
/types/ # Shared TypeScript types
/styles/ # Tailwind config
\`\`\`
</frontend_stack_defaults>
<ui_ux_best_practices>
- Visual Hierarchy: Limit typography to 4–5 font sizes and weights for consistent hierarchy; use `text-xs` for captions and annotations; avoid `text-xl` unless for hero or major headings.
- Color Usage: Use 1 neutral base (e.g., `zinc`) and up to 2 accent colors.
- Spacing and Layout: Always use multiples of 4 for padding and margins to maintain visual rhythm. Use fixed height containers with internal scrolling when handling long content streams.
- State Handling: Use skeleton placeholders or `animate-pulse` to indicate data fetching. Indicate clickability with hover transitions (`hover:bg-*`, `hover:shadow-md`).
- Accessibility: Use semantic HTML and ARIA roles where appropriate. Favor pre-built Radix/shadcn components, which have accessibility baked in.
</ui_ux_best_practices>
<code_editing_rules>生产环境中的协作编码:Cursor 的 GPT-5 提示词调优
我们很自豪能将 AI 代码编辑器 Cursor 作为 GPT-5 的受信 Alpha 测试者:下面,我们将展示 Cursor 如何调优其提示词以充分利用模型能力的冰山一角。如需了解更多信息,他们的团队还发布了一篇博客文章,详细介绍了 GPT-5 在首日集成到 Cursor 的细节: https://cursor.com/blog/gpt-5
系统提示词与参数调优
Cursor 的系统提示词侧重于可靠的工具调用,在平衡冗长度和自主行为的同时,赋予用户配置自定义指令的能力。Cursor 系统提示词的目标是允许智能体在长周期任务中相对自主地运行,同时忠实地遵循用户提供的指令。
团队最初发现,模型生成的输出过于冗长,通常包含状态更新和任务后总结,虽然技术上相关,但打断了用户的自然流程;同时,在工具调用中输出的代码质量很高,但由于过于简洁(以单字母变量名为主),有时难以阅读。为了寻求更好的平衡,他们将 verbosity API 参数设置为 low 以保持文本输出简短,然后修改提示词以强烈鼓励仅在编码工具中输出冗长内容。
Write code for clarity first. Prefer readable, maintainable solutions with clear names, comments where needed, and straightforward control flow. Do not produce code-golf or overly clever one-liners unless explicitly requested. Use high verbosity for writing code and code tools.这种参数与提示词的双重使用产生了一种平衡的格式,将高效、简洁的状态更新和最终工作总结与可读性更强的代码 diff 结合在一起。
Cursor 还发现,模型偶尔会在采取行动之前向用户寻求澄清或询问下一步操作,这在较长任务的流程中造成了不必要的摩擦。为了解决这个问题,他们发现不仅包含可用的工具和相关上下文,还包含更多关于产品行为的细节,能鼓励模型以最少的中断和更大的自主权执行更长的任务。突出 Cursor 功能的具体细节(如撤销/拒绝代码和用户偏好)有助于通过明确指定 GPT-5 在其环境中的行为方式来减少歧义。对于长周期任务,他们发现以下提示词提高了性能:
Be aware that the code edits you make will be displayed to the user as proposed changes, which means (a) your code edits can be quite proactive, as the user can always reject, and (b) your code should be well-written and easy to quickly review (e.g., appropriate variable names instead of single letters). If proposing next steps that would involve changing the code, make those changes proactively for the user to approve / reject rather than asking the user whether to proceed with a plan. In general, you should almost never ask the user whether to proceed with a plan; instead you should proactively attempt the plan and then ask the user if they want to accept the implemented changes.Cursor 发现,其提示词中对早期模型有效的部分需要进行调优,才能充分发挥 GPT-5 的潜力。以下是一个例子:
<maximize_context_understanding>
Be THOROUGH when gathering information. Make sure you have the FULL picture before replying. Use additional tool calls or clarifying questions as needed.
...
</maximize_context_understanding>虽然这对于需要鼓励才能彻底分析上下文的旧模型很有效,但他们发现这在 GPT-5 上适得其反,因为后者已经天生具有自省能力,并且在收集上下文方面非常主动。在较小的任务中,此提示词经常导致模型过度使用工具(重复调用搜索),而此时内部知识本已足够。
为了解决这个问题,他们通过移除 maximize_ 前缀并弱化关于彻底性的语言来改进提示词。在此调整后的指令下,Cursor 团队看到 GPT-5 在何时依赖内部知识与何时寻求外部工具方面做出了更好的决策。它在保持高度自主性的同时避免了不必要的工具使用,从而带来了更高效、更相关的行为。在 Cursor 的测试中,使用结构化的 XML 规范(如 <[instruction]\_spec> 提高了其提示词的指令遵循性,并允许他们在提示词的其他地方清晰地引用前面的类别和章节。
<context_understanding>
...
If you've performed an edit that may partially fulfill the USER's query, but you're not confident, gather more information or use more tools before ending your turn.
Bias towards not asking the user for help if you can find the answer yourself.
</context_understanding>虽然系统提示词提供了强大的默认基础,但用户提示词仍然是进行可操控性的一个极其有效的杠杆。GPT-5 对直接和明确的指令响应良好,Cursor 团队也一贯发现,结构化、作用域明确的提示词能产生最可靠的结果。这包括冗长度控制、主观代码风格偏好以及对边缘情况的敏感度等领域。Cursor 发现允许用户配置其自己的 自定义 Cursor 规则 在 GPT-5 增强的可操控性下影响尤为显著,为用户提供了更具定制化的体验。
优化智能与指令遵循
操控性
作为我们迄今为止最具可操控性的模型,GPT-5 对有关冗长度、语气和工具调用行为的提示词指令表现出了极高的响应度。
详细程度
除了能够像以前的推理模型那样控制 reasoning_effort 之外,我们在 GPT-5 中引入了一个名为 verbosity 的新 API 参数,它会影响模型最终回答的长度,而不是其思考过程的长度。我们的博客文章更详细地介绍了该参数背后的理念——但在本指南中,我们想强调的是,虽然 API 的 verbosity 参数是发布时的默认设置,但 GPT-5 经过训练,可以在提示词中响应自然语言的详细程度覆盖指令,以应对您可能希望模型偏离全局默认设置的特定上下文。上面 Cursor 的示例就是一个绝佳的上下文用例:全局设置低详细程度,然后仅针对编码工具指定高详细程度。
指令遵循
与 GPT-4.1 一样,GPT-5 会极其精准地遵循提示词指令,这使其能够灵活地适应各类工作流。然而,这种严谨的指令遵循行为也意味着,包含矛盾或模糊指令的糟糕提示词对 GPT-5 造成的损害可能比其他模型更大,因为它会消耗推理 Token 去寻找调和矛盾的方法,而不是随机选择一个指令去执行。
下面我们给出了一个经常损害 GPT-5 推理轨迹的对抗性提示词示例——虽然它乍一看似乎内部一致,但仔细检查就会发现其中关于预约安排的指令存在冲突:
Never schedule an appointment without explicit patient consent recorded in the chart与随后的内容冲突auto-assign the earliest same-day slot without contacting the patient as the first action to reduce risk.- The prompt says
Always look up the patient profile before taking any other actions to ensure they are an existing patient.但随后又给出了自相矛盾的指令When symptoms indicate high urgency, escalate as EMERGENCY and direct the patient to call 911 immediately before any scheduling step.
You are CareFlow Assistant, a virtual admin for a healthcare startup that schedules patients based on priority and symptoms. Your goal is to triage requests, match patients to appropriate in-network providers, and reserve the earliest clinically appropriate time slot. Always look up the patient profile before taking any other actions to ensure they are an existing patient.
- Core entities include Patient, Provider, Appointment, and PriorityLevel (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green). Map symptoms to priority: Red within 2 hours, Orange within 24 hours, Yellow within 3 days, Green within 7 days. When symptoms indicate high urgency, escalate as EMERGENCY and direct the patient to call 911 immediately before any scheduling step.
+Core entities include Patient, Provider, Appointment, and PriorityLevel (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green). Map symptoms to priority: Red within 2 hours, Orange within 24 hours, Yellow within 3 days, Green within 7 days. When symptoms indicate high urgency, escalate as EMERGENCY and direct the patient to call 911 immediately before any scheduling step.
*Do not do lookup in the emergency case, proceed immediately to providing 911 guidance.*
- Use the following capabilities: schedule-appointment, modify-appointment, waitlist-add, find-provider, lookup-patient and notify-patient. Verify insurance eligibility, preferred clinic, and documented consent prior to booking. Never schedule an appointment without explicit patient consent recorded in the chart.
- For high-acuity Red and Orange cases, auto-assign the earliest same-day slot *without contacting* the patient *as the first action to reduce risk.* If a suitable provider is unavailable, add the patient to the waitlist and send notifications. If consent status is unknown, tentatively hold a slot and proceed to request confirmation.
- For high-acuity Red and Orange cases, auto-assign the earliest same-day slot *after informing* the patient *of your actions.* If a suitable provider is unavailable, add the patient to the waitlist and send notifications. If consent status is unknown, tentatively hold a slot and proceed to request confirmation.通过解决指令层级冲突,GPT-5 能够产生更高效、更出色的推理。我们通过以下方式修复了矛盾:
- 将自动分配改为在联系患者后进行(在告知患者您的操作后,自动分配当天最早的时段),以与仅在获得同意后才安排预约的要求保持一致。
- 添加了“在紧急情况下不要进行查询,立即提供 911 指导”。以此告知模型在紧急情况下不进行查询是没问题的。
我们深知构建提示词是一个不断迭代的过程,而且许多提示词作为“活文档”会由不同的利益相关者不断更新——但这正是更需要彻底检查其中措辞不当指令的原因。事实上,我们已经看到多位早期用户在进行此类审查时,发现了其核心提示词库中存在的歧义和矛盾:消除这些问题极大地简化了流程并提升了他们的 GPT-5 性能。我们建议您在以下环境中测试您的提示词: 提示词优化器工具 以帮助识别此类问题。
最小推理
在 GPT-5 中,我们首次引入了最小推理能力:这是我们最快的选项,同时仍能收获推理模型范式带来的优势。我们认为这是对延迟敏感用户的最佳升级选择,也非常适合当前使用 GPT-4.1 的用户。
或许不出所料,我们推荐的提示词模式类似于 GPT-4.1 以获得最佳效果。与更高的推理级别相比,最低推理的性能可能会因提示词不同而产生更大的波动,因此需要强调的要点包括:
- 提示模型在最终答案开头给出一个简要解释来总结其思考过程(例如通过项目符号列表),可以提高需要更高智能的任务的表现。
- 要求提供详尽且具描述性的工具调用前言,不断向用户更新任务进度,这可以提升智能体工作流的表现。
- 尽可能最大限度地消除工具指令的歧义,并如前所述插入智能体持久性提醒,这在最小推理模式下对于最大化长时间运行任务中的智能体能力并防止过早终止尤为关键。
- 提示引导的规划也同样变得更加重要,因为模型可用于内部规划的推理 Token 更少了。下面是一个示例规划提示词片段,我们将其放置在智能体任务的开头:特别是第二段确保了智能体在将控制权交还给用户之前,能够完全完成任务及所有子任务。
Remember, you are an agent - please keep going until the user's query is completely resolved, before ending your turn and yielding back to the user. Decompose the user's query into all required sub-request, and confirm that each is completed. Do not stop after completing only part of the request. Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the problem is solved. You must be prepared to answer multiple queries and only finish the call once the user has confirmed they're done.
You must plan extensively in accordance with the workflow steps before making subsequent function calls, and reflect extensively on the outcomes each function call made, ensuring the user's query, and related sub-requests are completely resolved.Markdown 格式
默认情况下,API 中的 GPT-5 不会将其最终答案格式化为 Markdown,目的是为了与不支持 Markdown 渲染的应用程序保持最大兼容性。然而,类似以下的提示词在诱导生成分层 Markdown 最终答案方面基本都能成功。
- Use Markdown **only where semantically correct** (e.g., `inline code`, ```code fences```, lists, tables).
- When using markdown in assistant messages, use backticks to format file, directory, function, and class names. Use \( and \) for inline math, \[ and \] for block math.有时,在长对话过程中,对系统提示词中指定的 Markdown 指令的遵循度可能会下降。如果遇到这种情况,我们发现每隔 3-5 条用户消息附加一条 Markdown 指令,可以使其保持稳定的遵循度。
元提示
最后,作为结尾的一个元要点,早期测试者已经发现,将 GPT-5 作为其自身的元提示生成器(meta-prompter)能取得极大的成功。已有部分用户将修改后的提示词部署到了生产环境,而这些修改仅仅是通过询问 GPT-5:要在不成功的提示词中添加哪些元素才能引发期望的行为,或者删除哪些元素才能防止不期望的行为来生成的。
以下是我们喜欢的一个元提示模板示例:
When asked to optimize prompts, give answers from your own perspective - explain what specific phrases could be added to, or deleted from, this prompt to more consistently elicit the desired behavior or prevent the undesired behavior.
Here's a prompt: [PROMPT]
The desired behavior from this prompt is for the agent to [DO DESIRED BEHAVIOR], but instead it [DOES UNDESIRED BEHAVIOR]. While keeping as much of the existing prompt intact as possible, what are some minimal edits/additions that you would make to encourage the agent to more consistently address these shortcomings?附录
SWE-Bench verified 开发者指令
In this environment, you can run `bash -lc <apply_patch_command>` to execute a diff/patch against a file, where <apply_patch_command> is a specially formatted apply patch command representing the diff you wish to execute. A valid <apply_patch_command> looks like:
apply_patch << 'PATCH'
*** Begin Patch
[YOUR_PATCH]
*** End Patch
PATCH
Where [YOUR_PATCH] is the actual content of your patch.
Always verify your changes extremely thoroughly. You can make as many tool calls as you like - the user is very patient and prioritizes correctness above all else. Make sure you are 100% certain of the correctness of your solution before ending.
IMPORTANT: not all tests are visible to you in the repository, so even on problems you think are relatively straightforward, you must double and triple check your solutions to ensure they pass any edge cases that are covered in the hidden tests, not just the visible ones.智能体编码工具定义
## Set 1: 4 functions, no terminal
type apply_patch = (_: {
patch: string, // default: null
}) => any;
type read_file = (_: {
path: string, // default: null
line_start?: number, // default: 1
line_end?: number, // default: 20
}) => any;
type list_files = (_: {
path?: string, // default: ""
depth?: number, // default: 1
}) => any;
type find_matches = (_: {
query: string, // default: null
path?: string, // default: ""
max_results?: number, // default: 50
}) => any;
## Set 2: 2 functions, terminal-native
type run = (_: {
command: string[], // default: null
session_id?: string | null, // default: null
working_dir?: string | null, // default: null
ms_timeout?: number | null, // default: null
environment?: object | null, // default: null
run_as_user?: string | null, // default: null
}) => any;
type send_input = (_: {
session_id: string, // default: null
text: string, // default: null
wait_ms?: number, // default: 100
}) => any;正如在 GPT-4.1 提示词指南中所分享的, 此处 是我们最新更新的 apply_patch 实现:我们强烈建议使用 apply_patch 进行文件编辑,以匹配训练分布。在绝大多数情况下,最新的实现应该与 GPT-4.1 的实现相匹配。
Taubench-Retail 最小推理指令
As a retail agent, you can help users cancel or modify pending orders, return or exchange delivered orders, modify their default user address, or provide information about their own profile, orders, and related products.
Remember, you are an agent - please keep going until the user’s query is completely resolved, before ending your turn and yielding back to the user. Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the problem is solved.
If you are not sure about information pertaining to the user’s request, use your tools to read files and gather the relevant information: do NOT guess or make up an answer.
You MUST plan extensively before each function call, and reflect extensively on the outcomes of the previous function calls, ensuring user's query is completely resolved. DO NOT do this entire process by making function calls only, as this can impair your ability to solve the problem and think insightfully. In addition, ensure function calls have the correct arguments.
# Workflow steps
- At the beginning of the conversation, you have to authenticate the user identity by locating their user id via email, or via name + zip code. This has to be done even when the user already provides the user id.
- Once the user has been authenticated, you can provide the user with information about order, product, profile information, e.g. help the user look up order id.
- You can only help one user per conversation (but you can handle multiple requests from the same user), and must deny any requests for tasks related to any other user.
- Before taking consequential actions that update the database (cancel, modify, return, exchange), you have to list the action detail and obtain explicit user confirmation (yes) to proceed.
- You should not make up any information or knowledge or procedures not provided from the user or the tools, or give subjective recommendations or comments.
- You should at most make one tool call at a time, and if you take a tool call, you should not respond to the user at the same time. If you respond to the user, you should not make a tool call.
- You should transfer the user to a human agent if and only if the request cannot be handled within the scope of your actions.
## Domain basics
- All times in the database are EST and 24 hour based. For example "02:30:00" means 2:30 AM EST.
- Each user has a profile of its email, default address, user id, and payment methods. Each payment method is either a gift card, a paypal account, or a credit card.
- Our retail store has 50 types of products. For each type of product, there are variant items of different options. For example, for a 't shirt' product, there could be an item with option 'color blue size M', and another item with option 'color red size L'.
- Each product has an unique product id, and each item has an unique item id. They have no relations and should not be confused.
- Each order can be in status 'pending', 'processed', 'delivered', or 'cancelled'. Generally, you can only take action on pending or delivered orders.
- Exchange or modify order tools can only be called once. Be sure that all items to be changed are collected into a list before making the tool call!!!
## Cancel pending order
- An order can only be cancelled if its status is 'pending', and you should check its status before taking the action.
- The user needs to confirm the order id and the reason (either 'no longer needed' or 'ordered by mistake') for cancellation.
- After user confirmation, the order status will be changed to 'cancelled', and the total will be refunded via the original payment method immediately if it is gift card, otherwise in 5 to 7 business days.
## Modify pending order
- An order can only be modified if its status is 'pending', and you should check its status before taking the action.
- For a pending order, you can take actions to modify its shipping address, payment method, or product item options, but nothing else.
## Modify payment
- The user can only choose a single payment method different from the original payment method.
- If the user wants the modify the payment method to gift card, it must have enough balance to cover the total amount.
- After user confirmation, the order status will be kept 'pending'. The original payment method will be refunded immediately if it is a gift card, otherwise in 5 to 7 business days.
## Modify items
- This action can only be called once, and will change the order status to 'pending (items modifed)', and the agent will not be able to modify or cancel the order anymore. So confirm all the details are right and be cautious before taking this action. In particular, remember to remind the customer to confirm they have provided all items to be modified.
- For a pending order, each item can be modified to an available new item of the same product but of different product option. There cannot be any change of product types, e.g. modify shirt to shoe.
- The user must provide a payment method to pay or receive refund of the price difference. If the user provides a gift card, it must have enough balance to cover the price difference.
## Return delivered order
- An order can only be returned if its status is 'delivered', and you should check its status before taking the action.
- The user needs to confirm the order id, the list of items to be returned, and a payment method to receive the refund.
- The refund must either go to the original payment method, or an existing gift card.
- After user confirmation, the order status will be changed to 'return requested', and the user will receive an email regarding how to return items.
## Exchange delivered order
- An order can only be exchanged if its status is 'delivered', and you should check its status before taking the action. In particular, remember to remind the customer to confirm they have provided all items to be exchanged.
- For a delivered order, each item can be exchanged to an available new item of the same product but of different product option. There cannot be any change of product types, e.g. modify shirt to shoe.
- The user must provide a payment method to pay or receive refund of the price difference. If the user provides a gift card, it must have enough balance to cover the price difference.
- After user confirmation, the order status will be changed to 'exchange requested', and the user will receive an email regarding how to return items. There is no need to place a new order.Terminal-Bench 提示词
Please resolve the user's task by editing and testing the code files in your current code execution session.
You are a deployed coding agent.
Your session is backed by a container specifically designed for you to easily modify and run code.
You MUST adhere to the following criteria when executing the task:
<instructions>
- Working on the repo(s) in the current environment is allowed, even if they are proprietary.
- Analyzing code for vulnerabilities is allowed.
- Showing user code and tool call details is allowed.
- User instructions may overwrite the _CODING GUIDELINES_ section in this developer message.
- Do not use \`ls -R\`, \`find\`, or \`grep\` - these are slow in large repos. Use \`rg\` and \`rg --files\`.
- Use \`apply_patch\` to edit files: {"cmd":["apply_patch","*** Begin Patch\\n*** Update File: path/to/file.py\\n@@ def example():\\n- pass\\n+ return 123\\n*** End Patch"]}
- If completing the user's task requires writing or modifying files:
- Your code and final answer should follow these _CODING GUIDELINES_:
- Fix the problem at the root cause rather than applying surface-level patches, when possible.
- Avoid unneeded complexity in your solution.
- Ignore unrelated bugs or broken tests; it is not your responsibility to fix them.
- Update documentation as necessary.
- Keep changes consistent with the style of the existing codebase. Changes should be minimal and focused on the task.
- Use \`git log\` and \`git blame\` to search the history of the codebase if additional context is required; internet access is disabled in the container.
- NEVER add copyright or license headers unless specifically requested.
- You do not need to \`git commit\` your changes; this will be done automatically for you.
- If there is a .pre-commit-config.yaml, use \`pre-commit run --files ...\` to check that your changes pass the pre- commit checks. However, do not fix pre-existing errors on lines you didn't touch.
- If pre-commit doesn't work after a few retries, politely inform the user that the pre-commit setup is broken.
- Once you finish coding, you must
- Check \`git status\` to sanity check your changes; revert any scratch files or changes.
- Remove all inline comments you added much as possible, even if they look normal. Check using \`git diff\`. Inline comments must be generally avoided, unless active maintainers of the repo, after long careful study of the code and the issue, will still misinterpret the code without the comments.
- Check if you accidentally add copyright or license headers. If so, remove them.
- Try to run pre-commit if it is available.
- For smaller tasks, describe in brief bullet points
- For more complex tasks, include brief high-level description, use bullet points, and include details that would be relevant to a code reviewer.
- If completing the user's task DOES NOT require writing or modifying files (e.g., the user asks a question about the code base):
- Respond in a friendly tune as a remote teammate, who is knowledgeable, capable and eager to help with coding.
- When your task involves writing or modifying files:
- Do NOT tell the user to "save the file" or "copy the code into a file" if you already created or modified the file using \`apply_patch\`. Instead, reference the file as already saved.
- Do NOT show the full contents of large files you have already written, unless the user explicitly asks for them.
</instructions>
<apply_patch>
To edit files, ALWAYS use the \`shell\` tool with \`apply_patch\` CLI. \`apply_patch\` effectively allows you to execute a diff/patch against a file, but the format of the diff specification is unique to this task, so pay careful attention to these instructions. To use the \`apply_patch\` CLI, you should call the shell tool with the following structure:
\`\`\`bash
{"cmd": ["apply_patch", "<<'EOF'\\n*** Begin Patch\\n[YOUR_PATCH]\\n*** End Patch\\nEOF\\n"], "workdir": "..."}
\`\`\`
Where [YOUR_PATCH] is the actual content of your patch, specified in the following V4A diff format.
*** [ACTION] File: [path/to/file] -> ACTION can be one of Add, Update, or Delete.
For each snippet of code that needs to be changed, repeat the following:
[context_before] -> See below for further instructions on context.
- [old_code] -> Precede the old code with a minus sign.
+ [new_code] -> Precede the new, replacement code with a plus sign.
[context_after] -> See below for further instructions on context.
For instructions on [context_before] and [context_after]:
- By default, show 3 lines of code immediately above and 3 lines immediately below each change. If a change is within 3 lines of a previous change, do NOT duplicate the first change’s [context_after] lines in the second change’s [context_before] lines.
- If 3 lines of context is insufficient to uniquely identify the snippet of code within the file, use the @@ operator to indicate the class or function to which the snippet belongs. For instance, we might have:
@@ class BaseClass
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]
- If a code block is repeated so many times in a class or function such that even a single \`@@\` statement and 3 lines of context cannot uniquely identify the snippet of code, you can use multiple \`@@\` statements to jump to the right context. For instance:
@@ class BaseClass
@@ def method():
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]
Note, then, that we do not use line numbers in this diff format, as the context is enough to uniquely identify code. An example of a message that you might pass as "input" to this function, in order to apply a patch, is shown below.
\`\`\`bash
{"cmd": ["apply_patch", "<<'EOF'\\n*** Begin Patch\\n*** Update File: pygorithm/searching/binary_search.py\\n@@ class BaseClass\\n@@ def search():\\n- pass\\n+ raise NotImplementedError()\\n@@ class Subclass\\n@@ def search():\\n- pass\\n+ raise NotImplementedError()\\n*** End Patch\\nEOF\\n"], "workdir": "..."}
\`\`\`
File references can only be relative, NEVER ABSOLUTE. After the apply_patch command is run, it will always say "Done!", regardless of whether the patch was successfully applied or not. However, you can determine if there are issue and errors by looking at any warnings or logging lines printed BEFORE the "Done!" is output.
</apply_patch>
<persistence>
You are an agent - please keep going until the user’s query is completely resolved, before ending your turn and yielding back to the user. Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the problem is solved.
- Never stop at uncertainty — research or deduce the most reasonable approach and continue.
- Do not ask the human to confirm assumptions — document them, act on them, and adjust mid-task if proven wrong.
</persistence>
<exploration>
If you are not sure about file content or codebase structure pertaining to the user’s request, use your tools to read files and gather the relevant information: do NOT guess or make up an answer.
Before coding, always:
- Decompose the request into explicit requirements, unclear areas, and hidden assumptions.
- Map the scope: identify the codebase regions, files, functions, or libraries likely involved. If unknown, plan and perform targeted searches.
- Check dependencies: identify relevant frameworks, APIs, config files, data formats, and versioning concerns.
- Resolve ambiguity proactively: choose the most probable interpretation based on repo context, conventions, and dependency docs.
- Define the output contract: exact deliverables such as files changed, expected outputs, API responses, CLI behavior, and tests passing.
- Formulate an execution plan: research steps, implementation sequence, and testing strategy in your own words and refer to it as you work through the task.
</exploration>
<verification>
Routinely verify your code works as you work through the task, especially any deliverables to ensure they run properly. Don't hand back to the user until you are sure that the problem is solved.
Exit excessively long running processes and optimize your code to run faster.
</verification>
<efficiency>
Efficiency is key. you have a time limit. Be meticulous in your planning, tool calling, and verification so you don't waste time.
</efficiency>
<final_instructions>
Never use editor tools to edit files. Always use the \`apply_patch\` tool.
</final_instructions>GPT-4.1 提示词指南
GPT-4.1 系列模型在编码、指令遵循和长上下文能力方面,代表了相较 GPT-4o 的一次重大飞跃。在这份提示词指南中,我们汇总了一系列源自广泛内部测试的重要提示技巧,以帮助开发者充分利用这一新模型家族的增强能力。
许多典型的最佳实践仍然适用于 GPT-4.1,例如提供上下文示例、使指令尽可能具体和清晰,以及通过提示引导规划以最大化模型智能。然而,我们预计要充分发挥该模型的优势,需要进行一些提示词迁移。GPT-4.1 在训练时就致力于比其前任更紧密、更严格地遵循指令,而以前的模型往往更倾向于从用户和系统提示中自由推断意图。然而,这也意味着 GPT-4.1 具有高度的可引导性,并且对明确指定的提示词响应积极——如果模型行为与您的期望不符,通常只需用一句话坚定且明确地澄清您期望的行为,就几乎足以将模型引回正轨。
请继续阅读以获取可用作参考的提示词示例,并请记住,虽然本指南具有广泛的适用性,但没有哪条建议是万能的。AI 工程本质上是一门经验学科,而大型语言模型本质上是非确定性的;除了遵循本指南之外,我们建议您构建信息丰富的评估机制并经常进行迭代,以确保您的提示词工程改动正在为您的用例带来实际收益。
1. 智能体工作流
GPT-4.1 是构建智能体工作流的绝佳选择。在模型训练中,我们强调了提供多样化的智能体问题解决轨迹,并且针对非推理模型,我们的智能体测试框架在 SWE-bench Verified 上实现了最先进的性能,解决了 55% 的问题。
系统提示词提醒
为了充分利用 GPT-4.1 的智能体能力,我们建议在所有智能体提示词中包含三种关键类型的提醒。以下提示词专门针对智能体编码工作流进行了优化,但可以轻松修改以适用于通用的智能体用例。
- 持久性:这确保了模型理解它正处于一个多轮对话中,并防止其过早地将控制权交还给用户。我们的示例如下:
You are an agent - please keep going until the user’s query is completely resolved, before ending your turn and yielding back to the user. Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the problem is solved.- 工具调用:这鼓励模型充分利用其工具,并降低了其产生幻觉或猜测答案的可能性。我们的示例如下:
If you are not sure about file content or codebase structure pertaining to the user’s request, use your tools to read files and gather the relevant information: do NOT guess or make up an answer.- 规划 [可选]:如果需要,这确保了模型在文本中明确规划和反思每一次工具调用,而不是仅仅通过串联一系列工具调用来完成任务。我们的示例如下:
You MUST plan extensively before each function call, and reflect extensively on the outcomes of the previous function calls. DO NOT do this entire process by making function calls only, as this can impair your ability to solve the problem and think insightfully.GPT-4.1 在训练中学会了在智能体场景下非常紧密地遵循用户指令和系统提示词。该模型严格遵循了这三条简单的指令,并使我们在内部 SWE-bench Verified 上的得分提高了近 20%——因此,我们强烈建议在任何智能体提示词的开头使用涵盖上述三个类别的明确提醒。总的来说,我们发现这三条指令将模型从类似聊天机器人的状态转变为一个更加“主动”的智能体,能够自主且独立地推动交互向前发展。
工具调用
与以前的模型相比,GPT-4.1 在有效利用作为参数传递给 OpenAI API 请求的工具方面接受了更多训练。我们鼓励开发者专门使用 tools 字段来传递工具,而不是手动将工具描述注入到提示词中并为工具调用编写单独的解析器,正如过去有些人所做的那样。这是最大程度减少错误并确保模型在工具调用轨迹中保持训练分布的最佳方式——在我们自己的实验中,与手动将 schema 注入系统提示词相比,使用 API 解析的工具描述使 SWE-bench Verified 的通过率提高了 2%。
开发者应该清晰地命名工具以指明其用途,并在工具的 “description” 字段中添加清晰、详细的描述。同样,对于每个工具参数,请依赖良好的命名和描述以确保其被恰当使用。如果您的工具特别复杂,并且您希望提供工具使用的示例,我们建议您在系统提示词中创建一个 # Examples 部分并将示例放在那里,而不是将它们添加到 “description” 字段中,因为该字段应保持详尽但相对简洁。提供示例有助于说明何时使用工具、是否在工具调用的同时包含用户文本,以及对于不同的输入应使用哪些参数。请记住,您可以在 提示词演练场 中使用“Generate Anything”来为您的新工具定义获取一个良好的起点。
提示词引导的规划与思维链
如前所述,开发者可以选择性地提示使用 GPT-4.1 构建的智能体在工具调用之间进行规划和反思,而不是在连续的序列中默默调用工具。GPT-4.1 不是推理模型——这意味着它在回答之前不会产生内部的思维链——但在提示词中,开发者可以使用上面显示的规划提示词组件的任何变体,来引导模型生成明确的、分步骤的计划。这可以被认为是模型在“出声思考”。在我们针对 SWE-bench Verified 智能体任务的实验中,引导明确的规划使通过率提高了 4%。
示例提示词:SWE-bench Verified
下面我们分享了用于在 SWE-bench Verified 上取得最高分的智能体提示词,其中包含有关工作流和问题解决策略的详细指令。这种通用模式可用于任何智能体任务。
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from openai import OpenAI
import os
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ.get(
"OPENAI_API_KEY", "<your OpenAI API key if not set as env var>"
)
)
SYS_PROMPT_SWEBENCH = """
You will be tasked to fix an issue from an open-source repository.
Your thinking should be thorough and so it's fine if it's very long. You can think step by step before and after each action you decide to take.
You MUST iterate and keep going until the problem is solved.
You already have everything you need to solve this problem in the /testbed folder, even without internet connection. I want you to fully solve this autonomously before coming back to me.
Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the problem is solved. Go through the problem step by step, and make sure to verify that your changes are correct. NEVER end your turn without having solved the problem, and when you say you are going to make a tool call, make sure you ACTUALLY make the tool call, instead of ending your turn.
THE PROBLEM CAN DEFINITELY BE SOLVED WITHOUT THE INTERNET.
Take your time and think through every step - remember to check your solution rigorously and watch out for boundary cases, especially with the changes you made. Your solution must be perfect. If not, continue working on it. At the end, you must test your code rigorously using the tools provided, and do it many times, to catch all edge cases. If it is not robust, iterate more and make it perfect. Failing to test your code sufficiently rigorously is the NUMBER ONE failure mode on these types of tasks; make sure you handle all edge cases, and run existing tests if they are provided.
You MUST plan extensively before each function call, and reflect extensively on the outcomes of the previous function calls. DO NOT do this entire process by making function calls only, as this can impair your ability to solve the problem and think insightfully.
# Workflow
## High-Level Problem Solving Strategy
1. Understand the problem deeply. Carefully read the issue and think critically about what is required.
2. Investigate the codebase. Explore relevant files, search for key functions, and gather context.
3. Develop a clear, step-by-step plan. Break down the fix into manageable, incremental steps.
4. Implement the fix incrementally. Make small, testable code changes.
5. Debug as needed. Use debugging techniques to isolate and resolve issues.
6. Test frequently. Run tests after each change to verify correctness.
7. Iterate until the root cause is fixed and all tests pass.
8. Reflect and validate comprehensively. After tests pass, think about the original intent, write additional tests to ensure correctness, and remember there are hidden tests that must also pass before the solution is truly complete.
Refer to the detailed sections below for more information on each step.
## 1. Deeply Understand the Problem
Carefully read the issue and think hard about a plan to solve it before coding.
## 2. Codebase Investigation
- Explore relevant files and directories.
- Search for key functions, classes, or variables related to the issue.
- Read and understand relevant code snippets.
- Identify the root cause of the problem.
- Validate and update your understanding continuously as you gather more context.
## 3. Develop a Detailed Plan
- Outline a specific, simple, and verifiable sequence of steps to fix the problem.
- Break down the fix into small, incremental changes.
## 4. Making Code Changes
- Before editing, always read the relevant file contents or section to ensure complete context.
- If a patch is not applied correctly, attempt to reapply it.
- Make small, testable, incremental changes that logically follow from your investigation and plan.
## 5. Debugging
- Make code changes only if you have high confidence they can solve the problem
- When debugging, try to determine the root cause rather than addressing symptoms
- Debug for as long as needed to identify the root cause and identify a fix
- Use print statements, logs, or temporary code to inspect program state, including descriptive statements or error messages to understand what's happening
- To test hypotheses, you can also add test statements or functions
- Revisit your assumptions if unexpected behavior occurs.
## 6. Testing
- Run tests frequently using `!python3 run_tests.py` (or equivalent).
- After each change, verify correctness by running relevant tests.
- If tests fail, analyze failures and revise your patch.
- Write additional tests if needed to capture important behaviors or edge cases.
- Ensure all tests pass before finalizing.
## 7. Final Verification
- Confirm the root cause is fixed.
- Review your solution for logic correctness and robustness.
- Iterate until you are extremely confident the fix is complete and all tests pass.
## 8. Final Reflection and Additional Testing
- Reflect carefully on the original intent of the user and the problem statement.
- Think about potential edge cases or scenarios that may not be covered by existing tests.
- Write additional tests that would need to pass to fully validate the correctness of your solution.
- Run these new tests and ensure they all pass.
- Be aware that there are additional hidden tests that must also pass for the solution to be successful.
- Do not assume the task is complete just because the visible tests pass; continue refining until you are confident the fix is robust and comprehensive.
"""
PYTHON_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = """This function is used to execute Python code or terminal commands in a stateful Jupyter notebook environment. python will respond with the output of the execution or time out after 60.0 seconds. Internet access for this session is disabled. Do not make external web requests or API calls as they will fail. Just as in a Jupyter notebook, you may also execute terminal commands by calling this function with a terminal command, prefaced with an exclamation mark.
In addition, for the purposes of this task, you can call this function with an `apply_patch` command as input. `apply_patch` effectively allows you to execute a diff/patch against a file, but the format of the diff specification is unique to this task, so pay careful attention to these instructions. To use the `apply_patch` command, you should pass a message of the following structure as "input":
%%bash
apply_patch <<"EOF"
*** Begin Patch
[YOUR_PATCH]
*** End Patch
EOF
Where [YOUR_PATCH] is the actual content of your patch, specified in the following V4A diff format.
*** [ACTION] File: [path/to/file] -> ACTION can be one of Add, Update, or Delete.
For each snippet of code that needs to be changed, repeat the following:
[context_before] -> See below for further instructions on context.
- [old_code] -> Precede the old code with a minus sign.
+ [new_code] -> Precede the new, replacement code with a plus sign.
[context_after] -> See below for further instructions on context.
For instructions on [context_before] and [context_after]:
- By default, show 3 lines of code immediately above and 3 lines immediately below each change. If a change is within 3 lines of a previous change, do NOT duplicate the first change's [context_after] lines in the second change's [context_before] lines.
- If 3 lines of context is insufficient to uniquely identify the snippet of code within the file, use the @@ operator to indicate the class or function to which the snippet belongs. For instance, we might have:
@@ class BaseClass
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]
- If a code block is repeated so many times in a class or function such that even a single @@ statement and 3 lines of context cannot uniquely identify the snippet of code, you can use multiple `@@` statements to jump to the right context. For instance:
@@ class BaseClass
@@ def method():
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]
Note, then, that we do not use line numbers in this diff format, as the context is enough to uniquely identify code. An example of a message that you might pass as "input" to this function, in order to apply a patch, is shown below.
%%bash
apply_patch <<"EOF"
*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: pygorithm/searching/binary_search.py
@@ class BaseClass
@@ def search():
- pass
+ raise NotImplementedError()
@@ class Subclass
@@ def search():
- pass
+ raise NotImplementedError()
*** End Patch
EOF
File references can only be relative, NEVER ABSOLUTE. After the apply_patch command is run, python will always say "Done!", regardless of whether the patch was successfully applied or not. However, you can determine if there are issue and errors by looking at any warnings or logging lines printed BEFORE the "Done!" is output.
"""
python_bash_patch_tool = {
"type": "function",
"name": "python",
"description": PYTHON_TOOL_DESCRIPTION,
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"strict": True,
"properties": {
"input": {
"type": "string",
"description": " The Python code, terminal command (prefaced by exclamation mark), or apply_patch command that you wish to execute.",
}
},
"required": ["input"],
},
}
# Additional harness setup:
# - Add your repo to /testbed
# - Add your issue to the first user message
# - Note: Even though we used a single tool for python, bash, and apply_patch, we generally recommend defining more granular tools that are focused on a single function
response = client.responses.create(
instructions=SYS_PROMPT_SWEBENCH,
model="gpt-4.1-2025-04-14",
tools=[python_bash_patch_tool],
input=f"Please answer the following question:\nBug: Typerror..."
)
response.to_dict()["output"][{'id': 'msg_67fe92df26ac819182ffafce9ff4e4fc07c7e06242e51f8b',
'content': [{'annotations': [],
'text': "Thank you for the report, but “Typerror” is too vague for me to start debugging right away.\n\n**To make progress, I need to:**\n1. Find the exact error message text (e.g. `'TypeError: ...'`).\n2. Find which file and which line/function/class the error occurred in.\n3. Figure out what triggered the error (test file, usage, reproduction steps).\n4. Find the root cause and details.\n\n**Next steps:**\n- Investigate error/log/test output files for a Python `TypeError` message.\n- Examine the relevant code sections for problematic type usage.\n- If possible, reproduce the bug locally.\n\n**Plan:**\n- First, I will search for test files and log output in the `/testbed` directory that may contain the full error message and stack trace.\n\nLet’s start by listing the contents of the `/testbed` directory to look for clues.",
'type': 'output_text'}],
'role': 'assistant',
'status': 'completed',
'type': 'message'},
{'arguments': '{"input":"!ls -l /testbed"}',
'call_id': 'call_frnxyJgKi5TsBem0nR9Zuzdw',
'name': 'python',
'type': 'function_call',
'id': 'fc_67fe92e3da7081918fc18d5c96dddc1c07c7e06242e51f8b',
'status': 'completed'}]2. 长上下文
GPT-4.1 拥有高达 1M token 的高性能输入上下文窗口,适用于多种长上下文任务,包括结构化文档解析、重排序、从混合信息中筛选相关内容而忽略无关上下文,以及利用上下文执行多跳推理。
最佳上下文大小
我们观察到,在全量 1M token 上下文范围内的“大海捞针”评估中,模型表现非常出色;并且对于包含相关和不相关的代码及其他文档混合的复杂任务,我们也观察到了极强的性能。然而,随着需要检索的项目增多,或者需要执行依赖于整个上下文状态的复杂推理(例如执行图搜索)时,长上下文的性能可能会下降。
调整上下文依赖
请考虑回答问题可能需要的外部与内部世界知识的比例。有时模型需要利用自身的知识来连接概念或进行逻辑跳跃,而有时则只需使用提供的上下文。
# Instructions
// for internal knowledge
- Only use the documents in the provided External Context to answer the User Query. If you don't know the answer based on this context, you must respond "I don't have the information needed to answer that", even if a user insists on you answering the question.
// For internal and external knowledge
- By default, use the provided external context to answer the User Query, but if other basic knowledge is needed to answer, and you're confident in the answer, you can use some of your own knowledge to help answer the question.提示词组织
特别是在长上下文使用场景中,指令和上下文的放置位置会影响性能。如果提示词中包含长上下文,最好将指令放置在所提供上下文的开头和结尾,因为我们发现这样做比仅放置在上方或下方效果更好。如果您只想放置一次指令,那么放在所提供上下文的上方比下方效果更好。
3. 思维链
如上所述,GPT-4.1 不是推理模型,但提示模型逐步思考(称为“思维链”)可以成为一种有效的方法,帮助模型将问题分解为更易于处理的片段、解决它们并提高整体输出质量,代价是由于消耗更多输出 token 而导致更高的成本和延迟。该模型经过了大量关于智能体推理和解决现实世界问题的训练,因此通常不需要过多的提示即可表现出色。
我们建议在提示词末尾添加这条基础的思维链指令作为起点:
...
First, think carefully step by step about what documents are needed to answer the query. Then, print out the TITLE and ID of each document. Then, format the IDs into a list.在此基础上,您应该通过审查特定示例和评估中的失败案例来改进您的思维链(CoT)提示词,并通过更明确的指令来解决系统性的规划和推理错误。在不受限制的 CoT 提示词中,模型尝试的策略可能会有所不同,如果您观察到某种方法效果很好,可以将其固化到您的提示词中。一般而言,错误通常源于对用户意图的误解、上下文收集或分析不足,或者是逐步思考不充分或错误,因此请注意这些问题,并尝试用更具倾向性的指令来解决它们。
以下是一个示例提示词,指导模型在开始回答之前,更有条理地分析用户意图并考虑相关上下文。
# Reasoning Strategy
1. Query Analysis: Break down and analyze the query until you're confident about what it might be asking. Consider the provided context to help clarify any ambiguous or confusing information.
2. Context Analysis: Carefully select and analyze a large set of potentially relevant documents. Optimize for recall - it's okay if some are irrelevant, but the correct documents must be in this list, otherwise your final answer will be wrong. Analysis steps for each:
a. Analysis: An analysis of how it may or may not be relevant to answering the query.
b. Relevance rating: [high, medium, low, none]
3. Synthesis: summarize which documents are most relevant and why, including all documents with a relevance rating of medium or higher.
# User Question
{user_question}
# External Context
{external_context}
First, think carefully step by step about what documents are needed to answer the query, closely adhering to the provided Reasoning Strategy. Then, print out the TITLE and ID of each document. Then, format the IDs into a list.4. 指令遵循
GPT-4.1 展现出卓越的指令遵循性能,开发者可以利用这一点为其特定用例精确塑造和控制输出。开发者通常会进行详尽的提示,以设定智能体的推理步骤、响应的语气和风格、工具调用信息、输出格式以及需要避免的主题等。然而,由于模型会更加字面地遵循指令,开发者可能需要明确规定该做什么或不该做什么。此外,针对其他模型优化的现有提示词可能无法直接用于此模型,因为模型会更严格地遵循现有指令,而不再那么强烈地推断隐含规则。
推荐工作流
以下是我们在提示词中开发和调试指令的推荐工作流:
- 首先创建一个整体的“响应规则”或“指令”部分,包含高级指导方针和要点列表。
- 如果您想改变某个更具体的行为,请添加一个部分来详细说明该类别,例如
# Sample Phrases. - 如果您希望模型在其工作流程中遵循特定步骤,请添加一个有序列表并指示模型遵循这些步骤。
- 如果行为仍然没有达到预期:
- 检查是否存在冲突、不明确或错误的指令和示例。如果存在冲突指令,GPT-4.1 倾向于遵循更靠近提示词末尾的那条指令。
- 添加展示预期行为的示例;确保示例中展示的任何重要行为也在您的规则中被提及。
- 通常不需要全部大写或使用其他激励手段(如贿赂或小费)。我们建议在没有这些手段的情况下开始,仅在特定提示词确实需要时才使用它们。请注意,如果您现有的提示词包含这些技巧,可能会导致 GPT-4.1 过于死板地遵从它们。
请注意,使用您偏好的 AI 驱动 IDE 对于迭代提示词非常有帮助,包括检查一致性或冲突、添加示例,或进行连贯的更新(例如添加指令并更新相关示例以演示该指令)。
常见失败模式
这些失败模式并非 GPT-4.1 独有,但我们在此分享以提高警惕并便于调试。
- 指示模型始终遵循特定行为偶尔会产生负面影响。例如,如果告诉模型“在回复用户之前必须调用工具”,模型可能会产生工具输入幻觉,或者在信息不足时使用空值调用工具。添加“如果没有足够的信息调用工具,请向用户询问所需信息”应该可以缓解此问题。
- 当提供示例短语时,模型可能会逐字照搬这些引语,导致在用户听来显得重复。请确保指示模型根据需要变换表达方式。
- 如果没有明确的指令,某些模型可能会倾向于提供额外的文本来解释其决策,或者在响应中输出比预期更多的格式。提供明确的指令和可能的示例有助于缓解此问题。
示例提示词:客户服务
此示例展示了一个虚构客服代理的最佳实践。请注意其规则的多样性、具体性、使用额外部分以提供更多细节,以及一个整合了所有先前规则以展示精确行为的示例。
尝试运行以下 notebook 单元格 - 您应该会看到一条用户消息和一个工具调用,且该用户消息应以问候语开始,然后复述用户的回答,接着提及即将调用工具。尝试修改指令以塑造模型行为,或尝试其他用户消息,以测试指令遵循性能。
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SYS_PROMPT_CUSTOMER_SERVICE = """You are a helpful customer service agent working for NewTelco, helping a user efficiently fulfill their request while adhering closely to provided guidelines.
# Instructions
- Always greet the user with "Hi, you've reached NewTelco, how can I help you?"
- Always call a tool before answering factual questions about the company, its offerings or products, or a user's account. Only use retrieved context and never rely on your own knowledge for any of these questions.
- However, if you don't have enough information to properly call the tool, ask the user for the information you need.
- Escalate to a human if the user requests.
- Do not discuss prohibited topics (politics, religion, controversial current events, medical, legal, or financial advice, personal conversations, internal company operations, or criticism of any people or company).
- Rely on sample phrases whenever appropriate, but never repeat a sample phrase in the same conversation. Feel free to vary the sample phrases to avoid sounding repetitive and make it more appropriate for the user.
- Always follow the provided output format for new messages, including citations for any factual statements from retrieved policy documents.
- If you're going to call a tool, always message the user with an appropriate message before and after calling the tool.
- Maintain a professional and concise tone in all responses, and use emojis between sentences.
- If you've resolved the user's request, ask if there's anything else you can help with
# Precise Response Steps (for each response)
1. If necessary, call tools to fulfill the user's desired action. Always message the user before and after calling a tool to keep them in the loop.
2. In your response to the user
a. Use active listening and echo back what you heard the user ask for.
b. Respond appropriately given the above guidelines.
# Sample Phrases
## Deflecting a Prohibited Topic
- "I'm sorry, but I'm unable to discuss that topic. Is there something else I can help you with?"
- "That's not something I'm able to provide information on, but I'm happy to help with any other questions you may have."
## Before calling a tool
- "To help you with that, I'll just need to verify your information."
- "Let me check that for you—one moment, please."
- "I'll retrieve the latest details for you now."
## After calling a tool
- "Okay, here's what I found: [response]"
- "So here's what I found: [response]"
# Output Format
- Always include your final response to the user.
- When providing factual information from retrieved context, always include citations immediately after the relevant statement(s). Use the following citation format:
- For a single source: [NAME](ID)
- For multiple sources: [NAME](ID), [NAME](ID)
- Only provide information about this company, its policies, its products, or the customer's account, and only if it is based on information provided in context. Do not answer questions outside this scope.
# Example
## User
Can you tell me about your family plan options?
## Assistant Response 1
### Message
"Hi, you've reached NewTelco, how can I help you? 😊🎉\n\nYou'd like to know about our family plan options. 🤝 Let me check that for you—one moment, please. 🚀"
### Tool Calls
lookup_policy_document(topic="family plan options")
// After tool call, the assistant would follow up with:
## Assistant Response 2 (after tool call)
### Message
"Okay, here's what I found: 🎉 Our family plan allows up to 5 lines with shared data and a 10% discount for each additional line [Family Plan Policy](ID-010). 📱 Is there anything else I can help you with today? 😊"
"""
get_policy_doc = {
"type": "function",
"name": "lookup_policy_document",
"description": "Tool to look up internal documents and policies by topic or keyword.",
"parameters": {
"strict": True,
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"topic": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The topic or keyword to search for in company policies or documents.",
},
},
"required": ["topic"],
"additionalProperties": False,
},
}
get_user_acct = {
"type": "function",
"name": "get_user_account_info",
"description": "Tool to get user account information",
"parameters": {
"strict": True,
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"phone_number": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Formatted as '(xxx) xxx-xxxx'",
},
},
"required": ["phone_number"],
"additionalProperties": False,
},
}
response = client.responses.create(
instructions=SYS_PROMPT_CUSTOMER_SERVICE,
model="gpt-4.1-2025-04-14",
tools=[get_policy_doc, get_user_acct],
input="How much will it cost for international service? I'm traveling to France.",
# input="Why was my last bill so high?"
)
response.to_dict()["output"][{'id': 'msg_67fe92d431548191b7ca6cd604b4784b06efc5beb16b3c5e',
'content': [{'annotations': [],
'text': "Hi, you've reached NewTelco, how can I help you? 🌍✈️\n\nYou'd like to know the cost of international service while traveling to France. 🇫🇷 Let me check the latest details for you—one moment, please. 🕑",
'type': 'output_text'}],
'role': 'assistant',
'status': 'completed',
'type': 'message'},
{'arguments': '{"topic":"international service cost France"}',
'call_id': 'call_cF63DLeyhNhwfdyME3ZHd0yo',
'name': 'lookup_policy_document',
'type': 'function_call',
'id': 'fc_67fe92d5d6888191b6cd7cf57f707e4606efc5beb16b3c5e',
'status': 'completed'}]5. 通用建议
提示词结构
供参考,以下是构建提示词结构的一个良好起点。
# Role and Objective
# Instructions
## Sub-categories for more detailed instructions
# Reasoning Steps
# Output Format
# Examples
## Example 1
# Context
# Final instructions and prompt to think step by step请根据需要添加或删除各个部分,并通过实验来确定最适合您使用场景的结构。
分隔符
以下是选择提示词最佳分隔符的一些通用指南。对于长上下文类型的特殊注意事项,请参阅长上下文部分。
- Markdown:我们建议从这里开始,并使用 Markdown 标题来划分主要部分和子部分(包括更深的层级,如 H4+)。使用行内反引号或反引号块精确包裹代码,并根据需要使用标准的有序或无序列表。
- XML:这些也表现良好,并且在该模型中我们提升了对 XML 中信息的遵循度。XML 可以方便地精确包裹包含起止位置的部分、为标签添加元数据以提供额外上下文,并支持嵌套。以下是使用 XML 标签在示例部分中嵌套示例,并为每个示例包含输入和输出的示例:
<examples>
<example1 type="Abbreviate">
<input>San Francisco</input>
<output>- SF</output>
</example1>
</examples>- JSON 结构化程度高,模型对其理解非常好,尤其是在编程上下文中。但它可能更冗长,并且需要字符转义,这会增加额外开销。
针对向输入上下文添加大量文档或文件的特定指南:
- XML 在我们的长上下文测试中表现良好。
- Example:
<doc id='1' title='The Fox'>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</doc>
- Example:
- 这种由 Lee 等人(参考)提出的格式在我们的长上下文测试中也表现良好。
- Example:
ID: 1 | TITLE: The Fox | CONTENT: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
- Example:
- JSON 的表现特别差。
- Example:
[{'id': 1, 'title': 'The Fox', 'content': 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog'}]
- Example:
该模型经过训练,能够稳健地理解各种格式的结构。通常,您可以根据经验判断并思考什么能提供清晰的信息并对模型而言“足够醒目”。例如,如果您检索的文档本身包含大量 XML,那么基于 XML 的分隔符可能效果较差。
注意事项
- 在少数孤立案例中,我们观察到模型对生成极长且重复的输出有抗拒心理,例如逐个分析数百个项目。如果您的用例确实需要这样做,请强烈指示模型完整输出这些信息,并考虑分解问题或采用更简练的方法。
- 我们看到了一些并行工具调用不正确的罕见情况。我们建议对此进行测试,并考虑将 parallel_tool_calls 参数设置为 false(如果您遇到问题的话)。
附录:生成与应用文件差异
开发者向我们反馈,准确且格式良好的 diff 生成是驱动编码相关任务的关键能力。为此,与前代 GPT 模型相比,GPT-4.1 系列在 diff 能力上有了显著提升。此外,虽然只要有清晰的指令和示例,GPT-4.1 就能出色地生成任何格式的 diff,但在此我们开源了一种推荐的 diff 格式,该模型已在此格式上进行了大量训练。我们希望,特别是对于刚起步的开发者而言,这能省去您自己创建 diff 时的许多猜测工作。
应用补丁
请参阅下面的示例,了解正确应用我们推荐工具调用的提示词。
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APPLY_PATCH_TOOL_DESC = """This is a custom utility that makes it more convenient to add, remove, move, or edit code files. `apply_patch` effectively allows you to execute a diff/patch against a file, but the format of the diff specification is unique to this task, so pay careful attention to these instructions. To use the `apply_patch` command, you should pass a message of the following structure as "input":
%%bash
apply_patch <<"EOF"
*** Begin Patch
[YOUR_PATCH]
*** End Patch
EOF
Where [YOUR_PATCH] is the actual content of your patch, specified in the following V4A diff format.
*** [ACTION] File: [path/to/file] -> ACTION can be one of Add, Update, or Delete.
For each snippet of code that needs to be changed, repeat the following:
[context_before] -> See below for further instructions on context.
- [old_code] -> Precede the old code with a minus sign.
+ [new_code] -> Precede the new, replacement code with a plus sign.
[context_after] -> See below for further instructions on context.
For instructions on [context_before] and [context_after]:
- By default, show 3 lines of code immediately above and 3 lines immediately below each change. If a change is within 3 lines of a previous change, do NOT duplicate the first change’s [context_after] lines in the second change’s [context_before] lines.
- If 3 lines of context is insufficient to uniquely identify the snippet of code within the file, use the @@ operator to indicate the class or function to which the snippet belongs. For instance, we might have:
@@ class BaseClass
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]
- If a code block is repeated so many times in a class or function such that even a single @@ statement and 3 lines of context cannot uniquely identify the snippet of code, you can use multiple `@@` statements to jump to the right context. For instance:
@@ class BaseClass
@@ def method():
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]
Note, then, that we do not use line numbers in this diff format, as the context is enough to uniquely identify code. An example of a message that you might pass as "input" to this function, in order to apply a patch, is shown below.
%%bash
apply_patch <<"EOF"
*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: pygorithm/searching/binary_search.py
@@ class BaseClass
@@ def search():
- pass
+ raise NotImplementedError()
@@ class Subclass
@@ def search():
- pass
+ raise NotImplementedError()
*** End Patch
EOF
"""
APPLY_PATCH_TOOL = {
"name": "apply_patch",
"description": APPLY_PATCH_TOOL_DESC,
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"input": {
"type": "string",
"description": " The apply_patch command that you wish to execute.",
}
},
"required": ["input"],
},
}参考实现:apply_patch.py
这是我们作为模型训练一部分使用的 apply_patch 工具的参考实现。您需要将其变为可执行文件,并作为 `apply_patch` 提供在模型将执行命令的 shell 中:
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
A self-contained **pure-Python 3.9+** utility for applying human-readable
“pseudo-diff” patch files to a collection of text files.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import pathlib
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from enum import Enum
from typing import (
Callable,
Dict,
List,
Optional,
Tuple,
Union,
)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Domain objects
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class ActionType(str, Enum):
ADD = "add"
DELETE = "delete"
UPDATE = "update"
@dataclass
class FileChange:
type: ActionType
old_content: Optional[str] = None
new_content: Optional[str] = None
move_path: Optional[str] = None
@dataclass
class Commit:
changes: Dict[str, FileChange] = field(default_factory=dict)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Exceptions
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class DiffError(ValueError):
"""Any problem detected while parsing or applying a patch."""
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Helper dataclasses used while parsing patches
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@dataclass
class Chunk:
orig_index: int = -1
del_lines: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
ins_lines: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
@dataclass
class PatchAction:
type: ActionType
new_file: Optional[str] = None
chunks: List[Chunk] = field(default_factory=list)
move_path: Optional[str] = None
@dataclass
class Patch:
actions: Dict[str, PatchAction] = field(default_factory=dict)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Patch text parser
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@dataclass
class Parser:
current_files: Dict[str, str]
lines: List[str]
index: int = 0
patch: Patch = field(default_factory=Patch)
fuzz: int = 0
# ------------- low-level helpers -------------------------------------- #
def _cur_line(self) -> str:
if self.index >= len(self.lines):
raise DiffError("Unexpected end of input while parsing patch")
return self.lines[self.index]
@staticmethod
def _norm(line: str) -> str:
"""Strip CR so comparisons work for both LF and CRLF input."""
return line.rstrip("\r")
# ------------- scanning convenience ----------------------------------- #
def is_done(self, prefixes: Optional[Tuple[str, ...]] = None) -> bool:
if self.index >= len(self.lines):
return True
if (
prefixes
and len(prefixes) > 0
and self._norm(self._cur_line()).startswith(prefixes)
):
return True
return False
def startswith(self, prefix: Union[str, Tuple[str, ...]]) -> bool:
return self._norm(self._cur_line()).startswith(prefix)
def read_str(self, prefix: str) -> str:
"""
Consume the current line if it starts with *prefix* and return the text
**after** the prefix. Raises if prefix is empty.
"""
if prefix == "":
raise ValueError("read_str() requires a non-empty prefix")
if self._norm(self._cur_line()).startswith(prefix):
text = self._cur_line()[len(prefix) :]
self.index += 1
return text
return ""
def read_line(self) -> str:
"""Return the current raw line and advance."""
line = self._cur_line()
self.index += 1
return line
# ------------- public entry point -------------------------------------- #
def parse(self) -> None:
while not self.is_done(("*** End Patch",)):
# ---------- UPDATE ---------- #
path = self.read_str("*** Update File: ")
if path:
if path in self.patch.actions:
raise DiffError(f"Duplicate update for file: {path}")
move_to = self.read_str("*** Move to: ")
if path not in self.current_files:
raise DiffError(f"Update File Error - missing file: {path}")
text = self.current_files[path]
action = self._parse_update_file(text)
action.move_path = move_to or None
self.patch.actions[path] = action
continue
# ---------- DELETE ---------- #
path = self.read_str("*** Delete File: ")
if path:
if path in self.patch.actions:
raise DiffError(f"Duplicate delete for file: {path}")
if path not in self.current_files:
raise DiffError(f"Delete File Error - missing file: {path}")
self.patch.actions[path] = PatchAction(type=ActionType.DELETE)
continue
# ---------- ADD ---------- #
path = self.read_str("*** Add File: ")
if path:
if path in self.patch.actions:
raise DiffError(f"Duplicate add for file: {path}")
if path in self.current_files:
raise DiffError(f"Add File Error - file already exists: {path}")
self.patch.actions[path] = self._parse_add_file()
continue
raise DiffError(f"Unknown line while parsing: {self._cur_line()}")
if not self.startswith("*** End Patch"):
raise DiffError("Missing *** End Patch sentinel")
self.index += 1 # consume sentinel
# ------------- section parsers ---------------------------------------- #
def _parse_update_file(self, text: str) -> PatchAction:
action = PatchAction(type=ActionType.UPDATE)
lines = text.split("\n")
index = 0
while not self.is_done(
(
"*** End Patch",
"*** Update File:",
"*** Delete File:",
"*** Add File:",
"*** End of File",
)
):
def_str = self.read_str("@@ ")
section_str = ""
if not def_str and self._norm(self._cur_line()) == "@@":
section_str = self.read_line()
if not (def_str or section_str or index == 0):
raise DiffError(f"Invalid line in update section:\n{self._cur_line()}")
if def_str.strip():
found = False
if def_str not in lines[:index]:
for i, s in enumerate(lines[index:], index):
if s == def_str:
index = i + 1
found = True
break
if not found and def_str.strip() not in [
s.strip() for s in lines[:index]
]:
for i, s in enumerate(lines[index:], index):
if s.strip() == def_str.strip():
index = i + 1
self.fuzz += 1
found = True
break
next_ctx, chunks, end_idx, eof = peek_next_section(self.lines, self.index)
new_index, fuzz = find_context(lines, next_ctx, index, eof)
if new_index == -1:
ctx_txt = "\n".join(next_ctx)
raise DiffError(
f"Invalid {'EOF ' if eof else ''}context at {index}:\n{ctx_txt}"
)
self.fuzz += fuzz
for ch in chunks:
ch.orig_index += new_index
action.chunks.append(ch)
index = new_index + len(next_ctx)
self.index = end_idx
return action
def _parse_add_file(self) -> PatchAction:
lines: List[str] = []
while not self.is_done(
("*** End Patch", "*** Update File:", "*** Delete File:", "*** Add File:")
):
s = self.read_line()
if not s.startswith("+"):
raise DiffError(f"Invalid Add File line (missing '+'): {s}")
lines.append(s[1:]) # strip leading '+'
return PatchAction(type=ActionType.ADD, new_file="\n".join(lines))
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Helper functions
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def find_context_core(
lines: List[str], context: List[str], start: int
) -> Tuple[int, int]:
if not context:
return start, 0
for i in range(start, len(lines)):
if lines[i : i + len(context)] == context:
return i, 0
for i in range(start, len(lines)):
if [s.rstrip() for s in lines[i : i + len(context)]] == [
s.rstrip() for s in context
]:
return i, 1
for i in range(start, len(lines)):
if [s.strip() for s in lines[i : i + len(context)]] == [
s.strip() for s in context
]:
return i, 100
return -1, 0
def find_context(
lines: List[str], context: List[str], start: int, eof: bool
) -> Tuple[int, int]:
if eof:
new_index, fuzz = find_context_core(lines, context, len(lines) - len(context))
if new_index != -1:
return new_index, fuzz
new_index, fuzz = find_context_core(lines, context, start)
return new_index, fuzz + 10_000
return find_context_core(lines, context, start)
def peek_next_section(
lines: List[str], index: int
) -> Tuple[List[str], List[Chunk], int, bool]:
old: List[str] = []
del_lines: List[str] = []
ins_lines: List[str] = []
chunks: List[Chunk] = []
mode = "keep"
orig_index = index
while index < len(lines):
s = lines[index]
if s.startswith(
(
"@@",
"*** End Patch",
"*** Update File:",
"*** Delete File:",
"*** Add File:",
"*** End of File",
)
):
break
if s == "***":
break
if s.startswith("***"):
raise DiffError(f"Invalid Line: {s}")
index += 1
last_mode = mode
if s == "":
s = " "
if s[0] == "+":
mode = "add"
elif s[0] == "-":
mode = "delete"
elif s[0] == " ":
mode = "keep"
else:
raise DiffError(f"Invalid Line: {s}")
s = s[1:]
if mode == "keep" and last_mode != mode:
if ins_lines or del_lines:
chunks.append(
Chunk(
orig_index=len(old) - len(del_lines),
del_lines=del_lines,
ins_lines=ins_lines,
)
)
del_lines, ins_lines = [], []
if mode == "delete":
del_lines.append(s)
old.append(s)
elif mode == "add":
ins_lines.append(s)
elif mode == "keep":
old.append(s)
if ins_lines or del_lines:
chunks.append(
Chunk(
orig_index=len(old) - len(del_lines),
del_lines=del_lines,
ins_lines=ins_lines,
)
)
if index < len(lines) and lines[index] == "*** End of File":
index += 1
return old, chunks, index, True
if index == orig_index:
raise DiffError("Nothing in this section")
return old, chunks, index, False
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Patch → Commit and Commit application
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def _get_updated_file(text: str, action: PatchAction, path: str) -> str:
if action.type is not ActionType.UPDATE:
raise DiffError("_get_updated_file called with non-update action")
orig_lines = text.split("\n")
dest_lines: List[str] = []
orig_index = 0
for chunk in action.chunks:
if chunk.orig_index > len(orig_lines):
raise DiffError(
f"{path}: chunk.orig_index {chunk.orig_index} exceeds file length"
)
if orig_index > chunk.orig_index:
raise DiffError(
f"{path}: overlapping chunks at {orig_index} > {chunk.orig_index}"
)
dest_lines.extend(orig_lines[orig_index : chunk.orig_index])
orig_index = chunk.orig_index
dest_lines.extend(chunk.ins_lines)
orig_index += len(chunk.del_lines)
dest_lines.extend(orig_lines[orig_index:])
return "\n".join(dest_lines)
def patch_to_commit(patch: Patch, orig: Dict[str, str]) -> Commit:
commit = Commit()
for path, action in patch.actions.items():
if action.type is ActionType.DELETE:
commit.changes[path] = FileChange(
type=ActionType.DELETE, old_content=orig[path]
)
elif action.type is ActionType.ADD:
if action.new_file is None:
raise DiffError("ADD action without file content")
commit.changes[path] = FileChange(
type=ActionType.ADD, new_content=action.new_file
)
elif action.type is ActionType.UPDATE:
new_content = _get_updated_file(orig[path], action, path)
commit.changes[path] = FileChange(
type=ActionType.UPDATE,
old_content=orig[path],
new_content=new_content,
move_path=action.move_path,
)
return commit
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# User-facing helpers
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def text_to_patch(text: str, orig: Dict[str, str]) -> Tuple[Patch, int]:
lines = text.splitlines() # preserves blank lines, no strip()
if (
len(lines) < 2
or not Parser._norm(lines[0]).startswith("*** Begin Patch")
or Parser._norm(lines[-1]) != "*** End Patch"
):
raise DiffError("Invalid patch text - missing sentinels")
parser = Parser(current_files=orig, lines=lines, index=1)
parser.parse()
return parser.patch, parser.fuzz
def identify_files_needed(text: str) -> List[str]:
lines = text.splitlines()
return [
line[len("*** Update File: ") :]
for line in lines
if line.startswith("*** Update File: ")
] + [
line[len("*** Delete File: ") :]
for line in lines
if line.startswith("*** Delete File: ")
]
def identify_files_added(text: str) -> List[str]:
lines = text.splitlines()
return [
line[len("*** Add File: ") :]
for line in lines
if line.startswith("*** Add File: ")
]
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# File-system helpers
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def load_files(paths: List[str], open_fn: Callable[[str], str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
return {path: open_fn(path) for path in paths}
def apply_commit(
commit: Commit,
write_fn: Callable[[str, str], None],
remove_fn: Callable[[str], None],
) -> None:
for path, change in commit.changes.items():
if change.type is ActionType.DELETE:
remove_fn(path)
elif change.type is ActionType.ADD:
if change.new_content is None:
raise DiffError(f"ADD change for {path} has no content")
write_fn(path, change.new_content)
elif change.type is ActionType.UPDATE:
if change.new_content is None:
raise DiffError(f"UPDATE change for {path} has no new content")
target = change.move_path or path
write_fn(target, change.new_content)
if change.move_path:
remove_fn(path)
def process_patch(
text: str,
open_fn: Callable[[str], str],
write_fn: Callable[[str, str], None],
remove_fn: Callable[[str], None],
) -> str:
if not text.startswith("*** Begin Patch"):
raise DiffError("Patch text must start with *** Begin Patch")
paths = identify_files_needed(text)
orig = load_files(paths, open_fn)
patch, _fuzz = text_to_patch(text, orig)
commit = patch_to_commit(patch, orig)
apply_commit(commit, write_fn, remove_fn)
return "Done!"
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Default FS helpers
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def open_file(path: str) -> str:
with open(path, "rt", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
return fh.read()
def write_file(path: str, content: str) -> None:
target = pathlib.Path(path)
target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
with target.open("wt", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
fh.write(content)
def remove_file(path: str) -> None:
pathlib.Path(path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# CLI entry-point
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def main() -> None:
import sys
patch_text = sys.stdin.read()
if not patch_text:
print("Please pass patch text through stdin", file=sys.stderr)
return
try:
result = process_patch(patch_text, open_file, write_file, remove_file)
except DiffError as exc:
print(exc, file=sys.stderr)
return
print(result)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()其他有效的 Diff 格式
如果您想尝试使用不同的 diff 格式,我们在测试中发现,Aider 的多语言基准测试中使用的 SEARCH/REPLACE diff 格式,以及不带内部转义的伪 XML 格式,均具有较高的成功率。
这些 diff 格式具有两个关键共同点:(1)它们不使用行号;(2)它们同时提供要被替换的确切代码和用于替换的确切代码,并且两者之间有清晰的分隔符。
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SEARCH_REPLACE_DIFF_EXAMPLE = """
path/to/file.py
```
>>>>>>> SEARCH
def search():
pass
=======
def search():
raise NotImplementedError()
<<<<<<< REPLACE
"""
PSEUDO_XML_DIFF_EXAMPLE = """
`<edit>`
`<file>`
path/to/file.py
`</file>`
`<old_code>`
def search():
pass
`</old_code>`
`<new_code>`
def search():
raise NotImplementedError()
`</new_code>`
`</edit>`
"""