ChatbotsGrounding rules

Write grounding rules for a RAG knowledge-base bot

Use when an assistant answers only from retrieved documents and must refuse to hallucinate beyond them.

The prompt
prompt.txt
Write the answering rules for a retrieval-augmented chatbot that responds only from provided context chunks.

Domain: {{domain}}
Context format: chunks with source ids, passed in a CONTEXT block each turn.

The rules must specify:
- Answer ONLY from the supplied context; if the answer is not present, say so plainly and suggest what to ask instead.
- Cite the source id(s) inline for every factual claim, like [src: 3].
- Never blend outside knowledge into a context-grounded answer; if mixing is unavoidable, label the outside part clearly.
- Handle partial answers (some info present, some missing) honestly.
- Refuse to speculate on {{sensitive_topics}}.
- Quote exact figures verbatim from context, no rounding.

Output the rules block, plus an example showing a grounded answer and a "not in context" answer.

Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.

Variables

Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.

  • {{domain}}
  • {{sensitive_topics}}
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Claude Opus 4.8GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Tags
#rag#grounding#citations#hallucination

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