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system prompt

system prompt is a core generative-AI concept used across modeling, product, and governance discussions.

Expanded definition

system prompt shows up constantly when teams ship LLM features. Practically, it influences how you design prompts, evaluate quality, and reason about failure modes. Teams should document how system prompt manifests in their stack—data handling, evaluation, and runtime guardrails—and revisit assumptions as models update.

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