Prompts

Open the Mentor’s Prompt Editor

• Locate the mentor dropdown in the header.
• Click the dropdown to reveal configuration options.
• Choose Prompts to enter the prompt-editing screen.

System Prompt – Define Personality & Purpose

• Acts as the mentor’s core “brain.”
• Describes behavior, tone, and mission.
• Can be playful (“bribing the mentor to help learners”) or strictly academic.
• Supports advanced styles, e.g., Socratic tutoring that guides learners through reasoning instead of giving direct answers.
• Great for mirroring your personal teaching voice or handling non-course tasks like admissions guidance.

Proactive Prompt – The First Greeting

• Displays before the learner types anything.
• Example: “Hello, I’m FBI.”

Common uses:

• Welcome message.
• Quick explanation of what the mentor can help with.
• Reminder of platform rules or boundaries.

You can customize or disable this prompt at will.

Guided Prompts – AI-Generated Suggestions

• Appear as clickable chips beneath the chat box.
• Dynamically generated from conversation history and current topic.
• Keep the learner focused; never suggest off-topic questions.
• Can be toggled on or off in the prompt settings.

Suggested Prompts – Hard-Coded Shortcuts

• Manually written by the admin.
• Visible to learners just like guided prompts, but always present.

Perfect for common needs such as:

• “Create a test assessment for me.”
• “Generate a rubric for my assignment.”
• Any recurring question learners struggle with.

Prompt Management Tips

• Combine System, Proactive, Guided, and Suggested prompts to shape an engaging, on-brand mentor.
• Turn off any prompt type that doesn’t fit your use case.
• Update prompts regularly to align with new course material or institutional policies.

You’re now ready to customize every layer of your mentor’s dialogue—personality, greetings, AI suggestions, and hard-coded helpers—all from the Prompts section of mentorAI.