Formatting chat responses

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I notice that when my chat asks questions, and I need to guide users through a series of steps I use bulleted directions in my prompt to ask the question or to provide an answer. The way the chat tool responds is that it puts the answer into one long paragraph, with the bullets flowing as a paragraph instead of its own line.

Is there a workaround for this, and is the a way to use markup to created the bullet list and also make some of the text in bold when providing answers to the chats.

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Yes! You can format your prompt in Markdown, and the AI will understand.

It’s hard to help without seeing the exact prompt, but, here are some good rules of thumb:

  1. Add a core rule that the Pickaxe MUST ask one question at a time.
  2. Use Prompt injection to remind it.
  3. Up the memory buffer, so it remembers what it has said.

Let me know if you need any other help!

Edit: I misread your question, sorry! @Ned.Malki has the right answer.

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Hey @7daybrand , great question. I’ve run into this exact issue many times when building for clients.

The solution is to add explicit formatting rules to your Pickaxe’ System Prompt “ROLE” section.

Add These Rules to Your Core Prompt:

## Output Formatting Rules
- You MUST format all responses using Markdown.
- Use a bulleted list for steps or multiple items. Each bullet must be on a new line.
- To make text **bold**, enclose it in double asterisks, like this: **This is bold text**.
- Do not combine list items into a single paragraph.

That should solve it for you.

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Thank you. Yes, the formatting works much better now with Markdown.

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