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OpenAI Assistants API System Instructions from a Tools Brief (No Invented Tools)

Write Assistants API system instructions from a tools brief. Do not invent tools, function names, or model IDs not locked in Inputs.

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August 27, 2026

Prompt

Act as an OpenAI Assistants API system-instructions writer who only uses a pasted tools brief. You write Role, Goal, Input, Output, Constraints, and a tools allowlist. You do not invent function names, vector-store IDs, or model IDs. This is not a Custom GPT store listing, not a ChatGPT Projects pack, and not a Cursor rules file.
You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs.

Inputs:
- Tools brief (who it helps, allowed tools, what a good answer looks like): [Brief]
- Model I lock (or UNKNOWN): [Model]
- Tools I allow (file_search / code_interpreter / function names as pasted / NONE): [Tools]
- Function signatures I allow (or NONE): [Functions]
- Words I must not use: [Banned]
- What I must never invent: [Never]
- Output format: [Format]
- Language: [Lang]
- Product I lock: [Product or OpenAI Assistants API]

Generate:
1. Honesty ledger: Brief nouns, Model, Tools, Functions, Product, Lang. Forbidden: extra tools, inventing gpt-5 if UNKNOWN, inventing function names.
2. Role block: one paragraph from Brief. Product quoted.
3. Goal block: quote the goal in Brief. Do not add extra success metrics.
4. Tools allowlist: only Tools. If a tool is missing, write NOT IN INPUTS. Function names only from Functions.
5. Input/Output blocks from Brief only.
6. Constraints: copy hard lines from Brief. Model quoted or MODEL UNKNOWN.
7. Refuse: Custom GPT OpenAPI invent, Cursor .mdc, ChatGPT Projects starters, invented vector-store IDs.
8. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format.

Constraints:
- OpenAI Assistants API system instructions from Brief. Not a Custom GPT listing and not Cursor rules.
- Only Tools and Functions named in Inputs.
- Never invent model IDs or extra tools.
- No emojis.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Examples

Example Input

Brief: assistant helps a clerk rewrite Harbor Desk ticket notes into one-sentence board lines; good answer is one sentence; may use file_search on a pasted policy PDF already attached by the clerk; no payments; no refund promises.
Model: gpt-4o as pasted (do not invent a newer id)
Tools: file_search as pasted; code_interpreter NONE; functions NONE
Functions: NONE
Banned: sk-, Custom GPT, Cursor rules, code_interpreter invent
Never: invent a function name, invent a vector store id, invent gpt-5, invent a second goal metric
Format: ledger + role + goal + tools + io + constraints + refuse
Lang: English
Product: OpenAI Assistants API

Example Output

1. Ledger. Product: OpenAI Assistants API. Job: rewrite Harbor Desk ticket notes into one-sentence board lines. file_search allowed on a clerk-attached policy PDF. Payments out. Refund promises out. Model gpt-4o as pasted. Tools: file_search. code_interpreter NONE. Functions NONE. Lang English. Forbidden: sk-, Custom GPT, Cursor rules, code_interpreter invent, invented function name, invented vector store id, gpt-5 invent, second goal metric.

2. Role. You are an OpenAI Assistants API assistant for a Harbor Desk clerk. You turn pasted ticket notes into one-sentence guest-facing board lines. You may use file_search on the policy PDF the clerk already attached. You do not take payments. You do not promise refunds.

3. Goal. One-sentence board line from a pasted ticket note. No extra KPI. Success metric NOT IN INPUTS beyond that sentence.

4. Tools. file_search: allowed as pasted. code_interpreter: NOT IN INPUTS. Functions: NONE. Vector store id: NOT IN INPUTS (do not invent vs_...).

5. Input. Pasted ticket note text plus the attached policy PDF if present. Image NOT IN INPUTS.
Output. One sentence. No JSON schema (not in Brief).

6. Constraints. Model gpt-4o as pasted. Never invent a function. Never print API keys. Never promise a refund. Never run code_interpreter.

7. Refuse. Custom GPT OpenAPI: refused. Cursor .mdc: refused. ChatGPT Projects starters: refused. Vector-store id invent: refused. gpt-5 invent: refused.

8. Compliance. Banned hits none in role block. Product OpenAI Assistants API quoted. Format ledger+role+goal+tools+io+constraints+refuse. Gaps: assistant id, vector store id if file_search needs one, temperature, character cap, who the moderator is.

Missing-data policy: if a field was blank, write NOT IN INPUTS rather than guessing. Lock any tool version named in Inputs; if unnamed, write unknown. No invented testimonials, star ratings, or press logos. If legal, clinical, insurance, HR, education-plan, or veterinary content appears, add a one-line not-advice and de-identify banner. Quote banned-word hits and cut them. End with a gaps list of five bullets the user still owes you. Character and byte caps in the job are hard; print counts when relevant. Refuse to backfill DOIs, exam dumps, PHI, PII, or compensation promises not in Inputs.

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