Role Prompting

Role prompting is a technique in prompt engineering that involves assigning a specific role to the gen AI model. This can help the model to generate more relevant and informative output, as the model can craft its responses to the specific role that it has been assigned.

An example of role prompting

• Goal: Act as traveler guide and provide 3 travel suggestions
• Model: gemini-pro
• Temperature: 1
• Token Limit: 1024
• Top-K: 40
• Top-P: 0.8
• Prompt:

I want you to act as a travel guide. I will write to you
about my location and you will suggest 3 places to visit near
me. In some cases, I will also give you the type of places I
will visit.
My suggestion: "I am in Amsterdam and I want to visit
only museums."
Travel Suggestions:

• Output:

1. Rijksmuseum: World-renowned museum, known for Dutch masterpieces like Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch.” Don’t miss the incredible collection of paintings and artifacts showcasing Dutch art and history.
2. Van Gogh Museum: Immerse yourself in the captivating works of Vincent van Gogh. The museum houses the largest collection of his paintings and drawings, including “The Starry Night” and “Sunflowers.”
3. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: Discover modern and contemporary art from around the world. The museum’s collection includes works by Picasso, Kandinsky, and Rietveld, housed in a striking modern building.

Here are some styles you can choose from which I find effective:

Confrontational, Descriptive, Direct, Formal, Humorous, Influential, Informal, Inspirational, Persuasive