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Manage your Pangea AI prompts

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Basic information

IMPORTANT: Content assistance is a new feature on the Pangea platform, which is currently only available for selected pilot services. Learn more.

A prompt is a set of instructions that is given to an AI model. The prompt tells the AI what task to perform and might provide additional instructions to precisely guide its response. For example, if you ask AI to generate a piece of text, your prompt might specify the topic, length, tone, structure, and intended audience.

This article explains how to manage the different prompts that guide suggestions from Pangea AI. These prompts are valid for AI-powered Content asistance. For general information about Content assistance, see the alternative article below:



Pangea AI prompts: Overview

Pangea AI is guided by a different prompt for each supported text type. This means that 7 prompts are currently available for Content assistance (one for each text type listed below):

  • General title
  • Teaser title
  • Social title
  • General introduction
  • Teaser introduction
  • Social introduction
  • Summary

For each prompt, the following options are available:

  • Global prompt: Use the global (default) prompt, which is available for all pilot services. If your service does not have a local prompt, Pangea AI will follow the global prompt.
  • Local prompt: Craft a local (custom) prompt, which is tailored to the individual needs of your service.

For a list of the global prompt values, go to the following chapter in this article:

For tips on how to craft a local prompt, go to the following chapter in this article:



Site localization

Site admins can manage Pangea AI prompts from the Site localization page in Pangea CMS. The following actions are available:

  • Add or update a local prompt.
  • Check the global version of a prompt.
  • Restore the global version of a prompt (if you no longer want to use your local version).

To learn how to access and use Site localization, see the following article:



Configuration keys and global prompt values

Below, find details about each individual prompt. This includes the name of the configuration key and the global prompt value.

Title prompts:

Configuration key:

  • AIServices.TitleGeneration.UserPrompt

Global prompt text:

  • Step 1: Identify the central focus of the article.
    • Determine the main focus of the article.
    • The main angle must be clearly reflected in all headlines.
    • Identify the type of journalistic piece (news, feature, analysis).
  • Step 2: Prepare 3 headline variations based on the main topic.
    • Ensure each headline variation is distinct while pointing to the same main idea.
    • Avoid shifting the focus of headlines to side details, broader themes, or secondary aspects of the content.
  • Step 3: Adjust headlines based on the article type.
    • For news articles, make headlines objective and fact-based. Keep them clear, direct, and focused on key facts.
    • For feature articles, make headlines engaging and narrative, focusing on storytelling.
    • For analysis articles, make headlines insightful and expert-driven, emphasizing in-depth examination, causes, impacts, or trends.
  • Step 4: Adjust for clarity, engagement, and readability.
    • Use a natural, conversational language that is easy to understand.
    • Avoid jargon.
  • Step 5: Optimize headlines for search engines.
    • Ensure clarity and conciseness.
    • Include the keywords that the general public would search for.
    • Avoid exaggeration or misleading phrasing.

Configuration key:

  • AIServices.TeaserTitle.UserPrompt

Global prompt text:

  • Step 1: Identify the central focus of the story.
    • Determine the main focus of the article.
    • Focus on the element of the story that will most likely draw in readers.
    • Avoid side details or background information that doesn’t support the teaser’s pull.
  • Step 2: Write distinct teaser variations.
    • Ensure each teaser title variation is distinct while pointing to the same main idea.
  • Step 3: Edit for engagement and integrity.
    • Make the teaser interesting, but avoid exaggeration or misleading language.
    • The teaser title should hint at value without resorting to clickbait.
    • Match the tone of the article.
    • Use a natural-sounding language that is easy to understand.
    • Do not insert any emotes.
  • Step 4: Optimize the length for homepage and mobile view.
    • Make each teaser title concise.

Configuration key:

  • AIServices.SocialTitle.UserPrompt

Global prompt text:

  • Step 1: Identify the central focus of the story.
    • Determine the main focus of the article.
  • Step 2: Write distinct title variations.
    • Ensure each social title variation is distinct while pointing to the same main idea.
  • Step 3: Edit for engagement and integrity.
    • Each title should be short and punchy to generate clicks and shares.
    • The titles should hint at value without resorting to clickbait.

Introduction prompts:

Configuration key:

  • AIServices.Introduction.UserPrompt

Global prompt text:

  • Step 1: Identify the central focus of the story.
    • Determine the main focus of the article.
    • Identify the type of journalistic piece (news, feature, analysis).
  • Step 2: Prepare an introduction.
    • Write a captivating summary with only the essential newsworthy details and data that hooks the reader.
  • Step 3: Adjust introduction based on the article type.
    • For news articles, focus on key facts. Keep it short and objective (typically one or two sentences). Avoid unnecessary background information.
    • For feature articles, hint at the larger theme or issue. Make the introduction engaging and human-focused.
    • For analysis articles, make the introduction insightful and expert-driven, emphasizing in-depth examination, causes, impacts, or trends. Signal if the article will examine different angles or perspectives.
  • Step 4: Edit for clarity and conciseness.
    • Use shorter, clear words and simple grammar to ensure ease of understanding.
    • Strive for brevity, keeping the introduction concise while still fully meeting all previous requirements.

Configuration key:

  • AIServices.TeaserIntro.UserPrompt

Global prompt text:

  • Step 1: Identify the central focus of the story.
    • Determine the main focus of the article.
  • Step 2: Prepare an introduction.
    • Write a captivating summary with only the essential details and data that hooks the reader.
  • Step 3: Edit for engagement and integrity.
    • Make the introduction interesting, but avoid exaggeration or misleading language.
    • Use natural-sounding language that is easy to understand.
    • Do not insert any emotes.
  • Step 4: Optimize the length for homepage and mobile view
    • Make the introduction as short and clear as possible while still communicating value.

Configuration key:

  • AIServices.SocialIntro.UserPrompt

Global prompt text:

  • Step 1: Identify the central focus of the story.
    • Determine the main focus of the article.
  • Step 2: Prepare an introduction.
    • Write a captivating summary with only the essential details and data that hooks the reader.
  • Step 3: Optimize the length and style for use on social platforms.
    • Make the introduction short and punchy to generate clicks and shares.
    • It should hint at value without resorting to clickbait.

Other prompts:

Configuration key:

  • AIServices.ArticleSummary.UserPrompt

Global prompt text:

  • Step 1: Identify the central focus of the article
    • Determine what the article is about and what its angle is.
    • Identify subjects, arguments, or events described.
  • Step 2: Extract the key insights
  • Step 3: Trim and rank the bullets
    • Arrange bullets by descending importance.
    • Aim for about 3 bullet points; use 4 if absolutely necessary to cover all crucial points, but no more.
  • Step 4: Edit for clarity and conciseness
    • This summary is intended for readers of our news website, and it needs to be short and easy to read.
    • Rewrite the bullets to use only plain words and simple grammar.
    • Rewrite the bullets to use short sentences.
    • Remove complex sentence structure from each bullet.
    • Make sure that no bullet exceeds one sentence.
    • Reader must be able to read the entire summary in ≤ 5 seconds.
  • Step 5: Explain people and places
    • Provide simple framing for unexplained references to people, places, or organizations (e.g., "Czech Minister of the Interior", "a town in Turkey" etc.). Assume the reader has no prior context about the article's subject, and they need an explanation and references to be able to understand.



Local prompt: Tips

In each prompt, provide detailed instructions to guide the style, tone, and structure of the output. The more detail you include, the better. Expansive and detailed prompts will produce more consistent output that is better aligned with your desired voice.

Choose suitable adjectives (describing words) to refine the style and tone. Your prompt might include the following adjectives (or any other adjectives that suit your needs):

  • Intriguing, compelling, captivating, insightful, engaging, restrained, professional, objective, clear, concise, fact-based...

Different adjectives can bring significantly different results, so we encourage you to experiment and test the impact of different words.

Find additional guidance below:

No. You can write prompts in any language. It is not necessary to use English.

In most cases, you should write the prompt in English or your local website language. This ensures that Pangea AI will prepare output in your local website languge (the same language as your content). If you write the prompt in a language that is not English or your local website language, the prompt must clearly specify the desired language for the output.

This is not required. However, for optimal results, we suggest guiding Pangea AI with a multi-step prompt. For detailed guidance, go to the following chapter in this article:

Where possible, avoid using numerical limits to control length. This means guidance that mentions a specific number of words or characters, for example:

  • Use a maximum of 20-30 words if possible.
  • Use a maximum of 300 characters.

Pangea AI might view such guidance as a strict limitation and follow it at the expense of other, more important instructions. If you are not happy with the length of the suggested texts, we suggest refining the prompt as follows:

  • Add further verbal guidance. For example, 'Ensure conciseness'.
  • Add context to explain how the text will be used. For example, 'Write a brief introduction to display on social media'.

No. Pangea AI will always prepare 3 suggestions for title texts, 1 suggestion for introduction texts, and 1 suggestion for the summary. You do not need to specify this in the prompt. If your prompt specifies a different number, Pangea AI might stop working.



Multi-step prompts

Multi-step prompts tell the AI exactly how to solve a problem by breaking the task into small parts. This reduces the risk of errors by allowing the AI to focus on one step at a time. A multi-step prompt can also include more detail and complexity, producing output that is tailored to your exact needs.

TIP: The global prompt values for Pangea AI all contain multiple steps. You might use these prompts as a source of inspiration.

Learn how to prepare a multi-step prompt in the sections below:


Preparation

Prepare the prompt in an external text editor (not in Pangea CMS). When the prompt is fully prepared, paste the text into Pangea CMS on the Site localization page.


Structure

Structure the prompt as a nested list. The nested list structure might look as follows:

  • Step 1: General instruction
    • Detailed guidance
    • Detailed guidance
  • Step 2: General instruction
    • Detailed guidance
    • Detailed guidance
  • Step 3: General instruction
    • Detailed guidance
    • Detailed guidance

The format does not need to strictly match the format shown above. For example, you might mark list items using hyphens (-), numbers, or other characters.


Content

Separate the process into logical steps, which will guide and support the AI. You might separate the process roughly as follows:

  1. Identify the main focus of the story.
  2. Prepare initial output.
  3. Refine the output for style, tone, structure, SEO, audience, and so on.

Below each step in the prompt, you might add one or more points with detailed guidance (using a nested list structure), for example:

Step 4: Adjust for clarity, engagement, and readability.

  • Use a natural, conversational language that is easy to understand.
  • Avoid complex language or jargon.

Your prompt can include any number of steps. We encourage services to experiment with different options. Through extensive testing and evaluation, you can identify the precise sequence of steps that will consistently deliver the most suitable output.



Advanced AI settings

If the output from Pangea AI does not meet your needs, even after extensive prompt testing, you might consider changes to the Temperature / Top P. These parameters can limit or extend the creativity of an AI model:

  • Temperature: Controls the randomness of the AI. A higher value produces output that is more dynamic and engaging. A lower value produces output that is more restrained and standardized.
  • Top P: Controls the size of the AI's vocabulary. A higher value lets the AI choose from more words. This produces richer, more diverse language. A lower value produces language that is more unified and predictable.

Below, find examples of how Temperature / Top P can influence the AI's output:

Temperature examples (headlines):

  • Lower: "Stock Market Drops After Fed Decision"
  • Higher: "Fed’s Surprise Move Sends Shockwaves Through Wall Street"

Top P examples (headlines):

  • Lower: "President Announces New Economic Policy"
  • Higher: "President Unveils Bold Economic Overhaul Plan"

The default Temperature / Top P values for Pangea AI should be appropriate in most cases. If your service has special requirements, changes to the Temperature / Top P might help to produce the desired results. If you would like to test the impact of different Temperature / Top P values, contact Pangea Customer Care.

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