Import Template

Various LLM tools allow storing prompts in text or markdown files. You can use importTemplate to import these files into a prompt.

Explain your answer step by step.

importTemplate("cot.md");

Variable interpolation

importTemplate supports mustache variable interpolation. You can use variables in the imported template and pass them as arguments to the importTemplate function.

The current time is {{time}}.

importTemplate("time.md", { time: "12:00" });

Mustache supports arguments as functions. This allows you to pass dynamic values to the template.

importTemplate("time.md", { time: () => Date.now() });

File globs

You can specify an array of files or glob patterns.

importTemplate("*.prompt")

Other File formats

Aside from the basic text or markdown formats, importTemplate also supports these variations automatically.

Prompty

Prompty provides a simple markdown-based format for prompts. It adds the concept of role sections to the markdown format.

---
name: Basic Prompt
description: A basic prompt that uses the chat API to answer questions
...
inputs:
  question:
    type: string
sample:
  "question": "Who is the most famous person in the world?"
---
system:
You are an AI assistant who helps people find information.
As the assistant, you answer questions briefly, succinctly.

user:
{{question}}

importTemplate("basic.prompty", { question: "what is the capital of France?" });