Variable: gptel-directives

gptel-directives is a customizable variable defined in gptel-request.el.

Value

((default
  . "You are a large language model living in Emacs and a helpful assistant. Respond concisely.")
 (programming
  . "You are a large language model and a careful programmer. Provide code and only code as output without any additional text, prompt or note.")
 (writing
  . "You are a large language model and a writing assistant. Respond concisely.")
 (chat
  . "You are a large language model and a conversation partner. Respond concisely."))

Documentation

System prompts or directives for the LLM.

Each entry in this alist maps a symbol naming the prompt/directive to the directive itself. By default, gptel uses the directive with the key
\+default.

To set the system prompt for a chat session from this list interactively, call gptel-send with a prefix argument, or call gptel-menu.

A "directive" is typically the system prompt (also called system message or system instruction) sent at the beginning of each request to the LLM. It is used to set general instructions, expectations and the overall tone.

A directive in gptel-directives can be a string (included as-is), a list of strings (system prompt + conversation template) or a function returning a string or list of strings. See gptel-system-prompt for details.

Source Code

;; Defined in /nix/store/q3r7g81pvghw7a523kjk2k2zih3pfk8z-emacs-packages-deps/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/gptel-20261002.545/gptel-request.el
;; Model and interaction parameters
(defcustom gptel-directives
  '((default     . "You are a large language model living in Emacs and a helpful assistant. Respond concisely.")
    (programming . "You are a large language model and a careful programmer. Provide code and only code as output without any additional text, prompt or note.")
    (writing     . "You are a large language model and a writing assistant. Respond concisely.")
    (chat        . "You are a large language model and a conversation partner. Respond concisely."))
  "System prompts or directives for the LLM.

Each entry in this alist maps a symbol naming the prompt/directive to
the directive itself.  By default, gptel uses the directive with the key
\\+`default'.

To set the system prompt for a chat session from this list
interactively, call `gptel-send' with a prefix argument, or call
`gptel-menu'.

A \"directive\" is typically the system prompt (also called system
message or system instruction) sent at the beginning of each request to
the LLM.  It is used to set general instructions, expectations and the
overall tone.

A directive in `gptel-directives' can be a string (included as-is), a
list of strings (system prompt + conversation template) or a function
returning a string or list of strings.  See `gptel-system-prompt' for
details."
  :safe #'always
  :type '(alist :key-type symbol :value-type string))