Prompts
Create, test, and manage the instructions that guide your AI agents behavior
The Prompts section allows you to create, test, and manage the instructions that guide your AI agents’ behavior, responses, and capabilities.
Prompts Overview
The prompt engineering interface provides tools for optimization:
Prompt Editor
Create and modify prompts
Template Library
Reuse proven prompt patterns
Prompt Testing
Evaluate prompt effectiveness
Version Control
Track changes and manage prompt evolution
Prompt Editor
The Prompt Editor provides a specialized environment for creating and modifying prompts:
- Syntax highlighting
- Format validation
- Auto-completion
- Error detection
- Syntax highlighting
- Format validation
- Auto-completion
- Error detection
- Define dynamic elements
- Set default values
- Create conditional logic
- Manage variable scope
- Access common patterns
- Insert pre-built components
- Use specialized formats
- Import external content
- Define context requirements
- Set up context handling
- Configure memory references
- Manage conversation flow
Template Library
The Template Library allows you to reuse proven prompt patterns:
Industry Templates
Specialized for specific sectors
Task Templates
Optimized for common functions
Best Practices
Patterns that follow established guidelines
Community Templates
Shared by the Xenovia community
Personal Templates
Your saved prompt patterns
Team Templates
Shared within your organization
Each template includes:
- Description and purpose
- Usage instructions
- Customization points
- Performance characteristics
- Example implementations
- Author and version information
Prompt Testing
The Prompt Testing section helps you evaluate prompt effectiveness:
Sample Testing
Test with representative inputs
Comparative Testing
Compare alternative formulations
Quality Analysis
Evaluate response characteristics
Improvement Suggestions
Receive optimization recommendations
Testing features include:
- Batch testing with multiple inputs
- A/B testing of alternative prompts
- Performance metrics collection
- Response consistency evaluation
- Edge case identification
- Failure mode analysis
Version Control
The Version Control system helps you track changes and manage prompt evolution:
- Save point-in-time snapshots
- Track all changes
- Add change notes
- Tag significant versions
- Save point-in-time snapshots
- Track all changes
- Add change notes
- Tag significant versions
- Side-by-side diff view
- Performance comparison
- Change highlighting
- Merge capabilities
- Restore previous versions
- Create branches from any point
- Selective change application
- Conflict resolution
- Record change rationale
- Document version differences
- Track performance impacts
- Maintain decision history
Prompt Types
Xenovia supports different types of prompts for various purposes:
System Prompts
Define agent personality and capabilities
User Prompts
Templates for common user requests
Function Prompts
Guide tool usage and function calls
Response Prompts
Format and structure agent responses
Error Prompts
Handle error conditions gracefully
Workflow Prompts
Coordinate multi-step processes
Prompt Components
Effective prompts in Xenovia often include several key components:
Context Setting
Establish the agent’s role and capabilities
Instruction Definition
Clearly state what the agent should do
Input Formatting
Define how user input should be structured
Output Formatting
Specify how responses should be formatted
Examples
Provide sample interactions for guidance
Constraints
Set boundaries on agent behavior