Prompt layers
Personal preferences
Set tone, language, formatting, and recurring context for your own account.
Agent instructions
Give each custom agent a narrow job and clear boundaries.
Tool guidance
Explain when a tool should or should not be used.
Workflow instructions
Describe how a published workflow should interpret inputs and report results.
Good prompt shape
Guidelines
- Write instructions as durable behavior, not one-off tasks
- Keep agents focused instead of giving every agent every tool
- State when the assistant should ask before acting
- Define the desired output format for repeated workflows
- Review prompts after adding new MCP tools