System Prompt
The standing instructions an assistant reads before every chat. It has five layers: Role, Knowledge, Rules, Tone, and Safety Limits.
In practice
The text that turns a blank AI into YOUR tutor.
Where students meet it
System Prompt is taught in Lesson 9, Build It: Your Custom AI Assistant, part of the Assistants unit of the AI Explorers course for kids. Haven is the guide for that lesson, and it is one of 5 terms in the unit.
Often mixed up with
- Blueprint
The plan you write BEFORE building an assistant, covering all 5 layers it'll run on — Role, Knowledge, Rules, Tone, Safety Limits. Plan first, then climb.
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KNOWING THE WORD IS THE START
System Prompt is one of 58 terms students meet across 16 video lessons that teach them to direct AI rather than just use it.