From cb174ca7f7be62b2321905c2d42387494e149313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:02:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Proposed alternate prompting scheme
---
python/src/typechat/_internal/translator.py | 14 +++++---------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/python/src/typechat/_internal/translator.py b/python/src/typechat/_internal/translator.py
index 6c649c1e..63751a13 100644
--- a/python/src/typechat/_internal/translator.py
+++ b/python/src/typechat/_internal/translator.py
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ async def translate(self, input: str, *, prompt_preamble: str | list[PromptSecti
messages: list[PromptSection] = []
- messages.append({"role": "user", "content": input})
+ messages.append({"role": "system", "content": self._create_request_prompt(input)})
+
if prompt_preamble:
if isinstance(prompt_preamble, str):
prompt_preamble = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt_preamble}]
- else:
- messages.extend(prompt_preamble)
+ messages.extend(prompt_preamble)
- messages.append({"role": "user", "content": self._create_request_prompt(input)})
+ messages.append({"role": "user", "content": input})
num_repairs_attempted = 0
while True:
@@ -103,11 +103,7 @@ def _create_request_prompt(self, intent: str) -> str:
```
{self._schema_str}
```
-The following is a user request:
-'''
-{intent}
-'''
-The following is the user request translated into a JSON object with 2 spaces of indentation and no properties with the value undefined:
+You translate each user request into a JSON object with 2 spaces of indentation and no properties with the value undefined.
"""
return prompt