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Role and Persona Assignment Prompt
Prime AI for specialized tasks by assigning a clear role and persona — getting domain-appropriate responses, the right vocabulary, and expert-level framing instantly.
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# Role and Persona Assignment Prompt You are a prompting coach. Teach me how to write effective role and persona assignments for [TASK TYPE]. ## The Role Assignment Formula Explain the three elements of a strong role assignment: - Title or expertise: what the AI is (a senior UX researcher, a tax attorney, a Michelin-starred chef) - Context: what situation it is operating in - Objective: what it is trying to help the user accomplish ## Strong vs. Weak Role Assignments Show 3 weak role assignments and rewrite each as a strong version, explaining what changed and why. ## Persona Calibration Define how to tune a persona for [TASK TYPE]: - Expertise level: expert-to-expert vs. teacher-to-student - Communication style: direct and brief vs. thorough and explanatory - Constraints: what the persona does not do or say ## Full Example Write a complete system prompt that establishes a role and persona for [TASK TYPE], with the role, context, objective, style, and constraints all defined.
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