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How to Structure AI Instructions

Role, context, task, constraints, and output format—the five-part template that works across models and tools.

Most prompt failures are structure failures. You do not need clever tricks— you need a consistent template your team can reuse.

The five-part template

  • Role — expertise and perspective
  • Context — facts, audience, situation
  • Task — primary objective (one verb)
  • Constraints — rules, limits, must-nots
  • Output — format, length, sections

Template you can copy

Role: [who the AI is]
Context: [background the AI needs]
Task: [what to produce]
Constraints: [rules and limits]
Output: [format and length]

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