2025年4月14日

GPT-4.1 提示指南

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GPT-4.1系列模型在编码能力、指令遵循和长上下文处理方面相比GPT-4o实现了重大进步。本提示指南汇集了通过大量内部测试得出的一系列重要提示技巧,旨在帮助开发者充分利用这一新模型家族的增强能力。

许多典型的最佳实践仍然适用于GPT-4.1,例如提供上下文示例、尽可能使指令具体明确,以及通过提示引导规划以最大化模型智能。然而,我们预计要充分发挥该模型的潜力需要进行一些提示迁移。GPT-4.1经过训练,能比其前代更严格、更字面地遵循指令,而前代模型往往更自由地从用户和系统提示中推断意图。不过这也意味着GPT-4.1具有高度可引导性,并能对明确指定的提示做出良好响应——如果模型行为与预期不符,通常只需用一句坚定明确的陈述来阐明期望行为,就足以引导模型回到正轨。

请参考以下提示示例作为指引,同时谨记这些建议虽广泛适用,但并非放之四海皆准。AI工程本质上是一门经验性学科,而大型语言模型本身具有不确定性;除遵循本指南外,我们建议建立有效的评估机制并频繁迭代,以确保您的提示工程调整能为具体应用场景带来实际效益。

1. 智能体工作流

GPT-4.1是构建智能体工作流的理想平台。在模型训练过程中,我们重点提供了多样化的智能体问题解决轨迹,我们的智能体框架使该模型在SWE-bench Verified基准测试中实现了非推理类模型的最先进性能,解决了55%的问题。

系统提示提醒

为了充分发挥GPT-4.1的智能体能力,我们建议在所有智能体提示中包含三种关键类型的提醒。以下提示专门针对智能体编码工作流进行了优化,但可以轻松修改以适用于一般智能体用例。

  1. 持久性:这确保模型理解它正在进入一个多消息轮次,并防止它过早地将控制权交还给用户。我们的示例如下:
You are an agent - please keep going until the user’s query is completely resolved, before ending your turn and yielding back to the user. Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the problem is solved.
  1. 工具调用:这鼓励模型充分利用其工具,并减少其产生幻觉或猜测答案的可能性。我们的示例如下:
If you are not sure about file content or codebase structure pertaining to the user’s request, use your tools to read files and gather the relevant information: do NOT guess or make up an answer.
  1. 规划 [可选]:如果需要,这可以确保模型明确地在文本中规划和反思每个工具调用,而不是仅通过串联一系列工具调用来完成任务。我们的示例如下:
You MUST plan extensively before each function call, and reflect extensively on the outcomes of the previous function calls. DO NOT do this entire process by making function calls only, as this can impair your ability to solve the problem and think insightfully.

GPT-4.1经过训练,能够在智能体环境中对用户指令和系统提示做出高度契合的响应。该模型严格遵循上述三个简单指令,将我们的内部SWE-bench验证分数提升了近20%——因此我们强烈建议在任何智能体提示开头,都明确包含上述三个类别的提醒。总体而言,我们发现这三个指令能将模型从类似聊天机器人的状态转变为更具"主动性"的智能体,能够自主独立地推动交互进程。

工具调用

与之前的模型相比,GPT-4.1在有效利用通过OpenAI API请求传递的工具参数方面进行了更多训练。我们建议开发者专门使用工具字段来传递工具,而不是像过去有些开发者报告的那样,手动将工具描述注入提示词并单独编写工具调用解析器。这是最大限度减少错误并确保模型在工具调用轨迹中保持分布一致性的最佳方式——在我们自己的实验中,我们发现使用API解析的工具描述相比手动将模式注入系统提示词时,SWE-bench验证通过率提高了2%。

开发者应当为工具命名清晰以表明其用途,并在工具的"description"字段中添加明确详细的描述。同样地,对于每个工具参数,也应依靠良好的命名和描述来确保正确使用。如果您的工具特别复杂,并且希望提供工具使用示例,我们建议您在系统提示中创建一个# 示例部分并将示例放在那里,而不是添加到"description"字段中,该字段应保持全面但相对简洁。提供示例有助于说明何时使用工具、是否在工具调用中包含用户文本,以及哪些参数适用于不同的输入。请记住,您可以在Prompt Playground中使用"Generate Anything"功能来为新工具定义获取良好的起点。

提示诱导规划与思维链

如前所述,开发者可以选择性地提示由GPT-4.1构建的智能体在工具调用之间进行规划和反思,而不是以不间断的顺序静默调用工具。GPT-4.1并非推理模型——这意味着它在回答问题前不会产生内部思维链——但在提示中,开发者可以通过使用上述任何规划提示组件的变体,引导模型生成明确的逐步计划。这可以被视为模型"出声思考"。在我们对SWE-bench验证的智能体任务进行的实验中,引导显式规划使通过率提高了4%。

示例提示:SWE-bench验证

下面,我们分享用于在SWE-bench Verified上取得最高分的智能体提示词,其中包含关于工作流程和问题解决策略的详细说明。这种通用模式可适用于任何智能体任务。

from openai import OpenAI
import os

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ.get(
        "OPENAI_API_KEY", "<your OpenAI API key if not set as env var>"
    )
)

SYS_PROMPT_SWEBENCH = """
You will be tasked to fix an issue from an open-source repository.

Your thinking should be thorough and so it's fine if it's very long. You can think step by step before and after each action you decide to take.

You MUST iterate and keep going until the problem is solved.

You already have everything you need to solve this problem in the /testbed folder, even without internet connection. I want you to fully solve this autonomously before coming back to me.

Only terminate your turn when you are sure that the problem is solved. Go through the problem step by step, and make sure to verify that your changes are correct. NEVER end your turn without having solved the problem, and when you say you are going to make a tool call, make sure you ACTUALLY make the tool call, instead of ending your turn.

THE PROBLEM CAN DEFINITELY BE SOLVED WITHOUT THE INTERNET.

Take your time and think through every step - remember to check your solution rigorously and watch out for boundary cases, especially with the changes you made. Your solution must be perfect. If not, continue working on it. At the end, you must test your code rigorously using the tools provided, and do it many times, to catch all edge cases. If it is not robust, iterate more and make it perfect. Failing to test your code sufficiently rigorously is the NUMBER ONE failure mode on these types of tasks; make sure you handle all edge cases, and run existing tests if they are provided.

You MUST plan extensively before each function call, and reflect extensively on the outcomes of the previous function calls. DO NOT do this entire process by making function calls only, as this can impair your ability to solve the problem and think insightfully.

# Workflow

## High-Level Problem Solving Strategy

1. Understand the problem deeply. Carefully read the issue and think critically about what is required.
2. Investigate the codebase. Explore relevant files, search for key functions, and gather context.
3. Develop a clear, step-by-step plan. Break down the fix into manageable, incremental steps.
4. Implement the fix incrementally. Make small, testable code changes.
5. Debug as needed. Use debugging techniques to isolate and resolve issues.
6. Test frequently. Run tests after each change to verify correctness.
7. Iterate until the root cause is fixed and all tests pass.
8. Reflect and validate comprehensively. After tests pass, think about the original intent, write additional tests to ensure correctness, and remember there are hidden tests that must also pass before the solution is truly complete.

Refer to the detailed sections below for more information on each step.

## 1. Deeply Understand the Problem
Carefully read the issue and think hard about a plan to solve it before coding.

## 2. Codebase Investigation
- Explore relevant files and directories.
- Search for key functions, classes, or variables related to the issue.
- Read and understand relevant code snippets.
- Identify the root cause of the problem.
- Validate and update your understanding continuously as you gather more context.

## 3. Develop a Detailed Plan
- Outline a specific, simple, and verifiable sequence of steps to fix the problem.
- Break down the fix into small, incremental changes.

## 4. Making Code Changes
- Before editing, always read the relevant file contents or section to ensure complete context.
- If a patch is not applied correctly, attempt to reapply it.
- Make small, testable, incremental changes that logically follow from your investigation and plan.

## 5. Debugging
- Make code changes only if you have high confidence they can solve the problem
- When debugging, try to determine the root cause rather than addressing symptoms
- Debug for as long as needed to identify the root cause and identify a fix
- Use print statements, logs, or temporary code to inspect program state, including descriptive statements or error messages to understand what's happening
- To test hypotheses, you can also add test statements or functions
- Revisit your assumptions if unexpected behavior occurs.

## 6. Testing
- Run tests frequently using `!python3 run_tests.py` (or equivalent).
- After each change, verify correctness by running relevant tests.
- If tests fail, analyze failures and revise your patch.
- Write additional tests if needed to capture important behaviors or edge cases.
- Ensure all tests pass before finalizing.

## 7. Final Verification
- Confirm the root cause is fixed.
- Review your solution for logic correctness and robustness.
- Iterate until you are extremely confident the fix is complete and all tests pass.

## 8. Final Reflection and Additional Testing
- Reflect carefully on the original intent of the user and the problem statement.
- Think about potential edge cases or scenarios that may not be covered by existing tests.
- Write additional tests that would need to pass to fully validate the correctness of your solution.
- Run these new tests and ensure they all pass.
- Be aware that there are additional hidden tests that must also pass for the solution to be successful.
- Do not assume the task is complete just because the visible tests pass; continue refining until you are confident the fix is robust and comprehensive.
"""

PYTHON_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = """This function is used to execute Python code or terminal commands in a stateful Jupyter notebook environment. python will respond with the output of the execution or time out after 60.0 seconds. Internet access for this session is disabled. Do not make external web requests or API calls as they will fail. Just as in a Jupyter notebook, you may also execute terminal commands by calling this function with a terminal command, prefaced with an exclamation mark.

In addition, for the purposes of this task, you can call this function with an `apply_patch` command as input.  `apply_patch` effectively allows you to execute a diff/patch against a file, but the format of the diff specification is unique to this task, so pay careful attention to these instructions. To use the `apply_patch` command, you should pass a message of the following structure as "input":

%%bash
apply_patch <<"EOF"
*** Begin Patch
[YOUR_PATCH]
*** End Patch
EOF

Where [YOUR_PATCH] is the actual content of your patch, specified in the following V4A diff format.

*** [ACTION] File: [path/to/file] -> ACTION can be one of Add, Update, or Delete.
For each snippet of code that needs to be changed, repeat the following:
[context_before] -> See below for further instructions on context.
- [old_code] -> Precede the old code with a minus sign.
+ [new_code] -> Precede the new, replacement code with a plus sign.
[context_after] -> See below for further instructions on context.

For instructions on [context_before] and [context_after]:
- By default, show 3 lines of code immediately above and 3 lines immediately below each change. If a change is within 3 lines of a previous change, do NOT duplicate the first change's [context_after] lines in the second change's [context_before] lines.
- If 3 lines of context is insufficient to uniquely identify the snippet of code within the file, use the @@ operator to indicate the class or function to which the snippet belongs. For instance, we might have:
@@ class BaseClass
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]

- If a code block is repeated so many times in a class or function such that even a single @@ statement and 3 lines of context cannot uniquely identify the snippet of code, you can use multiple `@@` statements to jump to the right context. For instance:

@@ class BaseClass
@@ 	def method():
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]

Note, then, that we do not use line numbers in this diff format, as the context is enough to uniquely identify code. An example of a message that you might pass as "input" to this function, in order to apply a patch, is shown below.

%%bash
apply_patch <<"EOF"
*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: pygorithm/searching/binary_search.py
@@ class BaseClass
@@     def search():
-        pass
+        raise NotImplementedError()

@@ class Subclass
@@     def search():
-        pass
+        raise NotImplementedError()

*** End Patch
EOF

File references can only be relative, NEVER ABSOLUTE. After the apply_patch command is run, python will always say "Done!", regardless of whether the patch was successfully applied or not. However, you can determine if there are issue and errors by looking at any warnings or logging lines printed BEFORE the "Done!" is output.
"""

python_bash_patch_tool = {
  "type": "function",
  "name": "python",
  "description": PYTHON_TOOL_DESCRIPTION,
  "parameters": {
      "type": "object",
      "strict": True,
      "properties": {
          "input": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": " The Python code, terminal command (prefaced by exclamation mark), or apply_patch command that you wish to execute.",
          }
      },
      "required": ["input"],
  },
}

# Additional harness setup:
# - Add your repo to /testbed
# - Add your issue to the first user message
# - Note: Even though we used a single tool for python, bash, and apply_patch, we generally recommend defining more granular tools that are focused on a single function

response = client.responses.create(
    instructions=SYS_PROMPT_SWEBENCH,
    model="gpt-4.1-2025-04-14",
    tools=[python_bash_patch_tool],
    input=f"Please answer the following question:\nBug: Typerror..."
)

response.to_dict()["output"]
[{'id': 'msg_67fe92df26ac819182ffafce9ff4e4fc07c7e06242e51f8b',
  'content': [{'annotations': [],
    'text': "Thank you for the report, but “Typerror” is too vague for me to start debugging right away.\n\n**To make progress, I need to:**\n1. Find the exact error message text (e.g. `'TypeError: ...'`).\n2. Find which file and which line/function/class the error occurred in.\n3. Figure out what triggered the error (test file, usage, reproduction steps).\n4. Find the root cause and details.\n\n**Next steps:**\n- Investigate error/log/test output files for a Python `TypeError` message.\n- Examine the relevant code sections for problematic type usage.\n- If possible, reproduce the bug locally.\n\n**Plan:**\n- First, I will search for test files and log output in the `/testbed` directory that may contain the full error message and stack trace.\n\nLet’s start by listing the contents of the `/testbed` directory to look for clues.",
    'type': 'output_text'}],
  'role': 'assistant',
  'status': 'completed',
  'type': 'message'},
 {'arguments': '{"input":"!ls -l /testbed"}',
  'call_id': 'call_frnxyJgKi5TsBem0nR9Zuzdw',
  'name': 'python',
  'type': 'function_call',
  'id': 'fc_67fe92e3da7081918fc18d5c96dddc1c07c7e06242e51f8b',
  'status': 'completed'}]

2. 长上下文

GPT-4.1 拥有高效的100万token输入上下文窗口,适用于各种长上下文任务,包括结构化文档解析、重新排序、筛选相关信息同时忽略无关上下文,以及利用上下文进行多跳推理。

最佳上下文大小

我们观察到,在长达100万token的上下文中,模型在“大海捞针”评估中表现非常出色,并且在处理包含相关与无关代码及其他文档的复杂任务时也展现出极强的性能。然而,随着需要检索的项目增多,或执行需要了解整个上下文状态(例如进行图搜索)的复杂推理时,长上下文性能可能会有所下降。

调整上下文依赖

考虑回答您的问题可能需要结合外部与内部世界知识。有时模型利用自身知识来关联概念或进行逻辑推理非常重要,而在其他情况下,仅使用提供的上下文更为可取

# Instructions
// for internal knowledge
- Only use the documents in the provided External Context to answer the User Query. If you don't know the answer based on this context, you must respond "I don't have the information needed to answer that", even if a user insists on you answering the question.
// For internal and external knowledge
- By default, use the provided external context to answer the User Query, but if other basic knowledge is needed to answer, and you're confident in the answer, you can use some of your own knowledge to help answer the question.

提示词组织

特别是在长上下文使用场景中,指令和上下文的放置位置会影响性能。如果提示中包含长上下文,理想做法是在提供内容的开头和结尾都放置指令,因为我们发现这种布局比仅放在上文或下文效果更好。若您希望只放置一次指令,那么放在提供内容的上方会比放在下方效果更佳。

3. 思维链

如上所述,GPT-4.1并非推理模型,但通过提示模型逐步思考(称为"思维链")可以成为模型将问题分解为更易处理的部分、解决问题并提升整体输出质量的有效方法,代价是使用更多输出标记带来的更高成本和延迟。该模型经过训练,在智能体推理和现实问题解决方面表现优异,因此不需要过多提示就能发挥良好性能。

我们建议在提示词末尾加入以下基础思维链指令:

...

First, think carefully step by step about what documents are needed to answer the query. Then, print out the TITLE and ID of each document. Then, format the IDs into a list.

From there, you should improve your chain-of-thought (CoT) prompt by auditing failures in your particular examples and evals, and addressing systematic planning and reasoning errors with more explicit instructions. In the unconstrained CoT prompt, there may be variance in the strategies it tries, and if you observe an approach that works well, you can codify that strategy in your prompt. Generally speaking, errors tend to occur from misunderstanding user intent, insufficient context gathering or analysis, or insufficient or incorrect step by step thinking, so watch out for these and try to address them with more opinionated instructions.

以下是一个示例提示,指导模型在回答问题前更系统地分析用户意图并考虑相关上下文。

# Reasoning Strategy
1. Query Analysis: Break down and analyze the query until you're confident about what it might be asking. Consider the provided context to help clarify any ambiguous or confusing information.
2. Context Analysis: Carefully select and analyze a large set of potentially relevant documents. Optimize for recall - it's okay if some are irrelevant, but the correct documents must be in this list, otherwise your final answer will be wrong. Analysis steps for each:
	a. Analysis: An analysis of how it may or may not be relevant to answering the query.
	b. Relevance rating: [high, medium, low, none]
3. Synthesis: summarize which documents are most relevant and why, including all documents with a relevance rating of medium or higher.

# User Question
{user_question}

# External Context
{external_context}

First, think carefully step by step about what documents are needed to answer the query, closely adhering to the provided Reasoning Strategy. Then, print out the TITLE and ID of each document. Then, format the IDs into a list.

4. 指令遵循

GPT-4.1展现出卓越的指令遵循性能,开发者可利用这一特性精确塑造和控制输出以满足特定用例需求。开发者通常会详细设定智能体推理步骤、回答语气与风格、工具调用信息、输出格式、需回避话题等内容。但由于该模型对指令的执行更为字面化,开发者可能需要明确说明应该做什么或避免什么。此外,为其他模型优化的现有提示可能无法直接适用于该模型,因为现有指令会被更严格地遵循,而隐性规则不再被强烈推断。

以下是我们推荐的开发和调试提示指令的工作流程:

  1. 首先设置一个整体的“响应规则”或“指令”部分,包含高层级的指导原则和要点。
  2. 如果想调整更具体的行为,可以添加一个部分来为该类别指定更多细节,例如# Sample Phrases
  3. 如果您希望模型在工作流程中遵循特定的步骤,请添加一个有序列表并指示模型遵循这些步骤。
  4. If behavior still isn’t working as expected:
    1. 检查是否存在冲突、未明确说明或错误的指令和示例。如果存在冲突指令,GPT-4.1倾向于遵循更接近提示末尾的那条指令。
    2. 添加展示期望行为的示例;确保示例中展示的任何重要行为也在规则中引用。
    3. 通常不需要使用全大写字母或其他激励手段,如贿赂或小费。我们建议一开始不使用这些方法,仅在特定提示确实需要时才考虑。请注意,如果现有提示中包含这些技巧,可能会导致GPT-4.1对其关注得过于严格。

请注意,使用您偏好的AI驱动的集成开发环境(IDE)可以极大地帮助提示词的迭代优化,包括检查一致性或冲突、添加示例,或进行连贯性更新,例如添加指令并更新其他指令来体现该新增指令。

常见故障模式

这些故障模式并非GPT-4.1独有,但我们在此分享以供普遍认知和便于调试。

  • 指示模型始终遵循特定行为偶尔可能引发不良后果。例如,若要求"在响应用户前必须调用工具",当模型缺乏足够信息时,可能会虚构工具输入参数或用空值调用工具。添加"如果缺乏调用工具所需信息,应向用户询问必要信息"的指令应能缓解此问题。
  • 当提供示例短语时,模型可能会直接照搬这些引用内容,导致对用户听起来重复。请确保指示模型根据需要调整这些短语。
  • 如果没有具体指令,某些模型可能会急于提供额外的解释来说明其决策,或在响应中输出超出预期的格式化内容。提供指令和可能的示例有助于缓解这种情况。

示例提示:客户服务

这展示了一个虚构客户服务智能体的最佳实践。请注意规则的多样性、具体性、使用额外章节提供更多细节,以及一个示例来演示整合了所有先前规则的精确行为。

尝试运行以下笔记本单元格 - 您应该会看到用户消息和工具调用,用户消息应以问候语开头,然后回显他们的答案,接着提到即将调用工具。尝试修改指令来调整模型行为,或测试其他用户消息,以检验指令遵循性能。

SYS_PROMPT_CUSTOMER_SERVICE = """You are a helpful customer service agent working for NewTelco, helping a user efficiently fulfill their request while adhering closely to provided guidelines.

# Instructions
- Always greet the user with "Hi, you've reached NewTelco, how can I help you?"
- Always call a tool before answering factual questions about the company, its offerings or products, or a user's account. Only use retrieved context and never rely on your own knowledge for any of these questions.
    - However, if you don't have enough information to properly call the tool, ask the user for the information you need.
- Escalate to a human if the user requests.
- Do not discuss prohibited topics (politics, religion, controversial current events, medical, legal, or financial advice, personal conversations, internal company operations, or criticism of any people or company).
- Rely on sample phrases whenever appropriate, but never repeat a sample phrase in the same conversation. Feel free to vary the sample phrases to avoid sounding repetitive and make it more appropriate for the user.
- Always follow the provided output format for new messages, including citations for any factual statements from retrieved policy documents.
- If you're going to call a tool, always message the user with an appropriate message before and after calling the tool.
- Maintain a professional and concise tone in all responses, and use emojis between sentences.
- If you've resolved the user's request, ask if there's anything else you can help with

# Precise Response Steps (for each response)
1. If necessary, call tools to fulfill the user's desired action. Always message the user before and after calling a tool to keep them in the loop.
2. In your response to the user
    a. Use active listening and echo back what you heard the user ask for.
    b. Respond appropriately given the above guidelines.

# Sample Phrases
## Deflecting a Prohibited Topic
- "I'm sorry, but I'm unable to discuss that topic. Is there something else I can help you with?"
- "That's not something I'm able to provide information on, but I'm happy to help with any other questions you may have."

## Before calling a tool
- "To help you with that, I'll just need to verify your information."
- "Let me check that for you—one moment, please."
- "I'll retrieve the latest details for you now."

## After calling a tool
- "Okay, here's what I found: [response]"
- "So here's what I found: [response]"

# Output Format
- Always include your final response to the user.
- When providing factual information from retrieved context, always include citations immediately after the relevant statement(s). Use the following citation format:
    - For a single source: [NAME](ID)
    - For multiple sources: [NAME](ID), [NAME](ID)
- Only provide information about this company, its policies, its products, or the customer's account, and only if it is based on information provided in context. Do not answer questions outside this scope.

# Example
## User
Can you tell me about your family plan options?

## Assistant Response 1
### Message
"Hi, you've reached NewTelco, how can I help you? 😊🎉\n\nYou'd like to know about our family plan options. 🤝 Let me check that for you—one moment, please. 🚀"

### Tool Calls
lookup_policy_document(topic="family plan options")

// After tool call, the assistant would follow up with:

## Assistant Response 2 (after tool call)
### Message
"Okay, here's what I found: 🎉 Our family plan allows up to 5 lines with shared data and a 10% discount for each additional line [Family Plan Policy](ID-010). 📱 Is there anything else I can help you with today? 😊"
"""

get_policy_doc = {
    "type": "function",
    "name": "lookup_policy_document",
    "description": "Tool to look up internal documents and policies by topic or keyword.",
    "parameters": {
        "strict": True,
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
            "topic": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The topic or keyword to search for in company policies or documents.",
            },
        },
        "required": ["topic"],
        "additionalProperties": False,
    },
}

get_user_acct = {
    "type": "function",
    "name": "get_user_account_info",
    "description": "Tool to get user account information",
    "parameters": {
        "strict": True,
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
            "phone_number": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Formatted as '(xxx) xxx-xxxx'",
            },
        },
        "required": ["phone_number"],
        "additionalProperties": False,
    },
}

response = client.responses.create(
    instructions=SYS_PROMPT_CUSTOMER_SERVICE,
    model="gpt-4.1-2025-04-14",
    tools=[get_policy_doc, get_user_acct],
    input="How much will it cost for international service? I'm traveling to France.",
    # input="Why was my last bill so high?"
)

response.to_dict()["output"]
[{'id': 'msg_67fe92d431548191b7ca6cd604b4784b06efc5beb16b3c5e',
  'content': [{'annotations': [],
    'text': "Hi, you've reached NewTelco, how can I help you? 🌍✈️\n\nYou'd like to know the cost of international service while traveling to France. 🇫🇷 Let me check the latest details for you—one moment, please. 🕑",
    'type': 'output_text'}],
  'role': 'assistant',
  'status': 'completed',
  'type': 'message'},
 {'arguments': '{"topic":"international service cost France"}',
  'call_id': 'call_cF63DLeyhNhwfdyME3ZHd0yo',
  'name': 'lookup_policy_document',
  'type': 'function_call',
  'id': 'fc_67fe92d5d6888191b6cd7cf57f707e4606efc5beb16b3c5e',
  'status': 'completed'}]

5. 通用建议

提示词结构

作为参考,以下是构建提示的良好起点。

# Role and Objective

# Instructions

## Sub-categories for more detailed instructions

# Reasoning Steps

# Output Format

# Examples
## Example 1

# Context

# Final instructions and prompt to think step by step

根据需要添加或删除部分内容,并通过实验确定最适合您使用的方案。

Delimiters

以下是为您的提示选择最佳分隔符的一些通用准则。关于长上下文类型的特殊考虑,请参阅长上下文部分。

  1. Markdown: 我们建议从这里开始,使用Markdown标题作为主要章节和小节(包括更深层次的标题,如H4及以上)。使用内联反引号或反引号代码块精确包裹代码,并根据需要使用标准编号列表或项目符号列表。
  2. XML: 这些同样表现良好,我们通过这个模型提高了对XML中信息的遵循度。XML可以方便地精确包裹包含开始和结束的部分,为标签添加元数据以提供额外上下文,并支持嵌套。以下是使用XML标签在示例部分嵌套示例的示例,每个示例包含输入和输出:
<examples>
<example1 type="Abbreviate">
<input>San Francisco</input>
<output>- SF</output>
</example1>
</examples>
  1. JSON具有高度结构化的特点,模型(尤其在编程场景中)能很好理解。但它可能更冗长,且需要字符转义,这会增加额外开销。

关于向输入上下文中添加大量文档或文件的专门指南:

  • XML performed well in our long context testing.
    • 示例:The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • This format, proposed by Lee et al. (ref), also performed well in our long context testing.
    • 示例:ID: 1 | TITLE: The Fox | CONTENT: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • JSON performed particularly poorly.
    • 示例:[{'id': 1, 'title': 'The Fox', 'content': 'The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog'}]

该模型经过训练,能够稳健理解多种格式的结构。通常,请运用您的判断力,思考哪些信息能提供清晰内容并让模型“脱颖而出”。例如,如果您检索的文档包含大量XML,基于XML的分隔符可能效果较差。

注意事项

  • 在某些孤立案例中,我们观察到模型会抗拒生成非常冗长且重复的输出,例如逐项分析数百个条目。如果您的使用场景确实需要这种输出,请明确指示模型完整输出这些信息,并考虑将问题分解或采用更简洁的方法。
  • 我们注意到极少数情况下并行工具调用可能出错。建议您对此进行测试,如果发现问题,可以考虑将parallel_tool_calls参数设为false。

附录:生成与应用文件差异

开发者向我们反馈,准确且格式良好的差异生成是支持编码相关任务的关键能力。为此,GPT-4.1系列相较于之前的GPT模型显著提升了差异生成能力。此外,虽然GPT-4.1在明确指令和示例的情况下能够出色地生成任何格式的差异,但我们在此开源一个经过大量训练的推荐差异格式。我们特别希望这能为刚入门的开发者消除自行创建差异时的许多猜测工作。

应用补丁

请参阅以下示例,了解如何正确应用我们推荐的工具调用提示。

APPLY_PATCH_TOOL_DESC = """This is a custom utility that makes it more convenient to add, remove, move, or edit code files. `apply_patch` effectively allows you to execute a diff/patch against a file, but the format of the diff specification is unique to this task, so pay careful attention to these instructions. To use the `apply_patch` command, you should pass a message of the following structure as "input":

%%bash
apply_patch <<"EOF"
*** Begin Patch
[YOUR_PATCH]
*** End Patch
EOF

Where [YOUR_PATCH] is the actual content of your patch, specified in the following V4A diff format.

*** [ACTION] File: [path/to/file] -> ACTION can be one of Add, Update, or Delete.
For each snippet of code that needs to be changed, repeat the following:
[context_before] -> See below for further instructions on context.
- [old_code] -> Precede the old code with a minus sign.
+ [new_code] -> Precede the new, replacement code with a plus sign.
[context_after] -> See below for further instructions on context.

For instructions on [context_before] and [context_after]:
- By default, show 3 lines of code immediately above and 3 lines immediately below each change. If a change is within 3 lines of a previous change, do NOT duplicate the first change’s [context_after] lines in the second change’s [context_before] lines.
- If 3 lines of context is insufficient to uniquely identify the snippet of code within the file, use the @@ operator to indicate the class or function to which the snippet belongs. For instance, we might have:
@@ class BaseClass
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]

- If a code block is repeated so many times in a class or function such that even a single @@ statement and 3 lines of context cannot uniquely identify the snippet of code, you can use multiple `@@` statements to jump to the right context. For instance:

@@ class BaseClass
@@ 	def method():
[3 lines of pre-context]
- [old_code]
+ [new_code]
[3 lines of post-context]

Note, then, that we do not use line numbers in this diff format, as the context is enough to uniquely identify code. An example of a message that you might pass as "input" to this function, in order to apply a patch, is shown below.

%%bash
apply_patch <<"EOF"
*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: pygorithm/searching/binary_search.py
@@ class BaseClass
@@     def search():
-          pass
+          raise NotImplementedError()

@@ class Subclass
@@     def search():
-          pass
+          raise NotImplementedError()

*** End Patch
EOF
"""

APPLY_PATCH_TOOL = {
    "name": "apply_patch",
    "description": APPLY_PATCH_TOOL_DESC,
    "parameters": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
            "input": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": " The apply_patch command that you wish to execute.",
            }
        },
        "required": ["input"],
    },
}

参考实现:apply_patch.py

以下是我们用于模型训练的apply_patch工具的参考实现。您需要将其设为可执行文件,并确保在模型执行命令的shell环境中可通过`apply_patch`调用:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

"""
A self-contained **pure-Python 3.9+** utility for applying human-readable
“pseudo-diff” patch files to a collection of text files.
"""

from __future__ import annotations

import pathlib
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from enum import Enum
from typing import (
    Callable,
    Dict,
    List,
    Optional,
    Tuple,
    Union,
)


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  Domain objects
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class ActionType(str, Enum):
    ADD = "add"
    DELETE = "delete"
    UPDATE = "update"


@dataclass
class FileChange:
    type: ActionType
    old_content: Optional[str] = None
    new_content: Optional[str] = None
    move_path: Optional[str] = None


@dataclass
class Commit:
    changes: Dict[str, FileChange] = field(default_factory=dict)


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  Exceptions
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
class DiffError(ValueError):
    """Any problem detected while parsing or applying a patch."""


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  Helper dataclasses used while parsing patches
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@dataclass
class Chunk:
    orig_index: int = -1
    del_lines: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
    ins_lines: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)


@dataclass
class PatchAction:
    type: ActionType
    new_file: Optional[str] = None
    chunks: List[Chunk] = field(default_factory=list)
    move_path: Optional[str] = None


@dataclass
class Patch:
    actions: Dict[str, PatchAction] = field(default_factory=dict)


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  Patch text parser
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
@dataclass
class Parser:
    current_files: Dict[str, str]
    lines: List[str]
    index: int = 0
    patch: Patch = field(default_factory=Patch)
    fuzz: int = 0

    # ------------- low-level helpers -------------------------------------- #
    def _cur_line(self) -> str:
        if self.index >= len(self.lines):
            raise DiffError("Unexpected end of input while parsing patch")
        return self.lines[self.index]

    @staticmethod
    def _norm(line: str) -> str:
        """Strip CR so comparisons work for both LF and CRLF input."""
        return line.rstrip("\r")

    # ------------- scanning convenience ----------------------------------- #
    def is_done(self, prefixes: Optional[Tuple[str, ...]] = None) -> bool:
        if self.index >= len(self.lines):
            return True
        if (
            prefixes
            and len(prefixes) > 0
            and self._norm(self._cur_line()).startswith(prefixes)
        ):
            return True
        return False

    def startswith(self, prefix: Union[str, Tuple[str, ...]]) -> bool:
        return self._norm(self._cur_line()).startswith(prefix)

    def read_str(self, prefix: str) -> str:
        """
        Consume the current line if it starts with *prefix* and return the text
        **after** the prefix.  Raises if prefix is empty.
        """
        if prefix == "":
            raise ValueError("read_str() requires a non-empty prefix")
        if self._norm(self._cur_line()).startswith(prefix):
            text = self._cur_line()[len(prefix) :]
            self.index += 1
            return text
        return ""

    def read_line(self) -> str:
        """Return the current raw line and advance."""
        line = self._cur_line()
        self.index += 1
        return line

    # ------------- public entry point -------------------------------------- #
    def parse(self) -> None:
        while not self.is_done(("*** End Patch",)):
            # ---------- UPDATE ---------- #
            path = self.read_str("*** Update File: ")
            if path:
                if path in self.patch.actions:
                    raise DiffError(f"Duplicate update for file: {path}")
                move_to = self.read_str("*** Move to: ")
                if path not in self.current_files:
                    raise DiffError(f"Update File Error - missing file: {path}")
                text = self.current_files[path]
                action = self._parse_update_file(text)
                action.move_path = move_to or None
                self.patch.actions[path] = action
                continue

            # ---------- DELETE ---------- #
            path = self.read_str("*** Delete File: ")
            if path:
                if path in self.patch.actions:
                    raise DiffError(f"Duplicate delete for file: {path}")
                if path not in self.current_files:
                    raise DiffError(f"Delete File Error - missing file: {path}")
                self.patch.actions[path] = PatchAction(type=ActionType.DELETE)
                continue

            # ---------- ADD ---------- #
            path = self.read_str("*** Add File: ")
            if path:
                if path in self.patch.actions:
                    raise DiffError(f"Duplicate add for file: {path}")
                if path in self.current_files:
                    raise DiffError(f"Add File Error - file already exists: {path}")
                self.patch.actions[path] = self._parse_add_file()
                continue

            raise DiffError(f"Unknown line while parsing: {self._cur_line()}")

        if not self.startswith("*** End Patch"):
            raise DiffError("Missing *** End Patch sentinel")
        self.index += 1  # consume sentinel

    # ------------- section parsers ---------------------------------------- #
    def _parse_update_file(self, text: str) -> PatchAction:
        action = PatchAction(type=ActionType.UPDATE)
        lines = text.split("\n")
        index = 0
        while not self.is_done(
            (
                "*** End Patch",
                "*** Update File:",
                "*** Delete File:",
                "*** Add File:",
                "*** End of File",
            )
        ):
            def_str = self.read_str("@@ ")
            section_str = ""
            if not def_str and self._norm(self._cur_line()) == "@@":
                section_str = self.read_line()

            if not (def_str or section_str or index == 0):
                raise DiffError(f"Invalid line in update section:\n{self._cur_line()}")

            if def_str.strip():
                found = False
                if def_str not in lines[:index]:
                    for i, s in enumerate(lines[index:], index):
                        if s == def_str:
                            index = i + 1
                            found = True
                            break
                if not found and def_str.strip() not in [
                    s.strip() for s in lines[:index]
                ]:
                    for i, s in enumerate(lines[index:], index):
                        if s.strip() == def_str.strip():
                            index = i + 1
                            self.fuzz += 1
                            found = True
                            break

            next_ctx, chunks, end_idx, eof = peek_next_section(self.lines, self.index)
            new_index, fuzz = find_context(lines, next_ctx, index, eof)
            if new_index == -1:
                ctx_txt = "\n".join(next_ctx)
                raise DiffError(
                    f"Invalid {'EOF ' if eof else ''}context at {index}:\n{ctx_txt}"
                )
            self.fuzz += fuzz
            for ch in chunks:
                ch.orig_index += new_index
                action.chunks.append(ch)
            index = new_index + len(next_ctx)
            self.index = end_idx
        return action

    def _parse_add_file(self) -> PatchAction:
        lines: List[str] = []
        while not self.is_done(
            ("*** End Patch", "*** Update File:", "*** Delete File:", "*** Add File:")
        ):
            s = self.read_line()
            if not s.startswith("+"):
                raise DiffError(f"Invalid Add File line (missing '+'): {s}")
            lines.append(s[1:])  # strip leading '+'
        return PatchAction(type=ActionType.ADD, new_file="\n".join(lines))


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  Helper functions
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def find_context_core(
    lines: List[str], context: List[str], start: int
) -> Tuple[int, int]:
    if not context:
        return start, 0

    for i in range(start, len(lines)):
        if lines[i : i + len(context)] == context:
            return i, 0
    for i in range(start, len(lines)):
        if [s.rstrip() for s in lines[i : i + len(context)]] == [
            s.rstrip() for s in context
        ]:
            return i, 1
    for i in range(start, len(lines)):
        if [s.strip() for s in lines[i : i + len(context)]] == [
            s.strip() for s in context
        ]:
            return i, 100
    return -1, 0


def find_context(
    lines: List[str], context: List[str], start: int, eof: bool
) -> Tuple[int, int]:
    if eof:
        new_index, fuzz = find_context_core(lines, context, len(lines) - len(context))
        if new_index != -1:
            return new_index, fuzz
        new_index, fuzz = find_context_core(lines, context, start)
        return new_index, fuzz + 10_000
    return find_context_core(lines, context, start)


def peek_next_section(
    lines: List[str], index: int
) -> Tuple[List[str], List[Chunk], int, bool]:
    old: List[str] = []
    del_lines: List[str] = []
    ins_lines: List[str] = []
    chunks: List[Chunk] = []
    mode = "keep"
    orig_index = index

    while index < len(lines):
        s = lines[index]
        if s.startswith(
            (
                "@@",
                "*** End Patch",
                "*** Update File:",
                "*** Delete File:",
                "*** Add File:",
                "*** End of File",
            )
        ):
            break
        if s == "***":
            break
        if s.startswith("***"):
            raise DiffError(f"Invalid Line: {s}")
        index += 1

        last_mode = mode
        if s == "":
            s = " "
        if s[0] == "+":
            mode = "add"
        elif s[0] == "-":
            mode = "delete"
        elif s[0] == " ":
            mode = "keep"
        else:
            raise DiffError(f"Invalid Line: {s}")
        s = s[1:]

        if mode == "keep" and last_mode != mode:
            if ins_lines or del_lines:
                chunks.append(
                    Chunk(
                        orig_index=len(old) - len(del_lines),
                        del_lines=del_lines,
                        ins_lines=ins_lines,
                    )
                )
            del_lines, ins_lines = [], []

        if mode == "delete":
            del_lines.append(s)
            old.append(s)
        elif mode == "add":
            ins_lines.append(s)
        elif mode == "keep":
            old.append(s)

    if ins_lines or del_lines:
        chunks.append(
            Chunk(
                orig_index=len(old) - len(del_lines),
                del_lines=del_lines,
                ins_lines=ins_lines,
            )
        )

    if index < len(lines) and lines[index] == "*** End of File":
        index += 1
        return old, chunks, index, True

    if index == orig_index:
        raise DiffError("Nothing in this section")
    return old, chunks, index, False


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  Patch → Commit and Commit application
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def _get_updated_file(text: str, action: PatchAction, path: str) -> str:
    if action.type is not ActionType.UPDATE:
        raise DiffError("_get_updated_file called with non-update action")
    orig_lines = text.split("\n")
    dest_lines: List[str] = []
    orig_index = 0

    for chunk in action.chunks:
        if chunk.orig_index > len(orig_lines):
            raise DiffError(
                f"{path}: chunk.orig_index {chunk.orig_index} exceeds file length"
            )
        if orig_index > chunk.orig_index:
            raise DiffError(
                f"{path}: overlapping chunks at {orig_index} > {chunk.orig_index}"
            )

        dest_lines.extend(orig_lines[orig_index : chunk.orig_index])
        orig_index = chunk.orig_index

        dest_lines.extend(chunk.ins_lines)
        orig_index += len(chunk.del_lines)

    dest_lines.extend(orig_lines[orig_index:])
    return "\n".join(dest_lines)


def patch_to_commit(patch: Patch, orig: Dict[str, str]) -> Commit:
    commit = Commit()
    for path, action in patch.actions.items():
        if action.type is ActionType.DELETE:
            commit.changes[path] = FileChange(
                type=ActionType.DELETE, old_content=orig[path]
            )
        elif action.type is ActionType.ADD:
            if action.new_file is None:
                raise DiffError("ADD action without file content")
            commit.changes[path] = FileChange(
                type=ActionType.ADD, new_content=action.new_file
            )
        elif action.type is ActionType.UPDATE:
            new_content = _get_updated_file(orig[path], action, path)
            commit.changes[path] = FileChange(
                type=ActionType.UPDATE,
                old_content=orig[path],
                new_content=new_content,
                move_path=action.move_path,
            )
    return commit


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  User-facing helpers
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def text_to_patch(text: str, orig: Dict[str, str]) -> Tuple[Patch, int]:
    lines = text.splitlines()  # preserves blank lines, no strip()
    if (
        len(lines) < 2
        or not Parser._norm(lines[0]).startswith("*** Begin Patch")
        or Parser._norm(lines[-1]) != "*** End Patch"
    ):
        raise DiffError("Invalid patch text - missing sentinels")

    parser = Parser(current_files=orig, lines=lines, index=1)
    parser.parse()
    return parser.patch, parser.fuzz


def identify_files_needed(text: str) -> List[str]:
    lines = text.splitlines()
    return [
        line[len("*** Update File: ") :]
        for line in lines
        if line.startswith("*** Update File: ")
    ] + [
        line[len("*** Delete File: ") :]
        for line in lines
        if line.startswith("*** Delete File: ")
    ]


def identify_files_added(text: str) -> List[str]:
    lines = text.splitlines()
    return [
        line[len("*** Add File: ") :]
        for line in lines
        if line.startswith("*** Add File: ")
    ]


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  File-system helpers
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def load_files(paths: List[str], open_fn: Callable[[str], str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
    return {path: open_fn(path) for path in paths}


def apply_commit(
    commit: Commit,
    write_fn: Callable[[str, str], None],
    remove_fn: Callable[[str], None],
) -> None:
    for path, change in commit.changes.items():
        if change.type is ActionType.DELETE:
            remove_fn(path)
        elif change.type is ActionType.ADD:
            if change.new_content is None:
                raise DiffError(f"ADD change for {path} has no content")
            write_fn(path, change.new_content)
        elif change.type is ActionType.UPDATE:
            if change.new_content is None:
                raise DiffError(f"UPDATE change for {path} has no new content")
            target = change.move_path or path
            write_fn(target, change.new_content)
            if change.move_path:
                remove_fn(path)


def process_patch(
    text: str,
    open_fn: Callable[[str], str],
    write_fn: Callable[[str, str], None],
    remove_fn: Callable[[str], None],
) -> str:
    if not text.startswith("*** Begin Patch"):
        raise DiffError("Patch text must start with *** Begin Patch")
    paths = identify_files_needed(text)
    orig = load_files(paths, open_fn)
    patch, _fuzz = text_to_patch(text, orig)
    commit = patch_to_commit(patch, orig)
    apply_commit(commit, write_fn, remove_fn)
    return "Done!"


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  Default FS helpers
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def open_file(path: str) -> str:
    with open(path, "rt", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
        return fh.read()


def write_file(path: str, content: str) -> None:
    target = pathlib.Path(path)
    target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
    with target.open("wt", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
        fh.write(content)


def remove_file(path: str) -> None:
    pathlib.Path(path).unlink(missing_ok=True)


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
#  CLI entry-point
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def main() -> None:
    import sys

    patch_text = sys.stdin.read()
    if not patch_text:
        print("Please pass patch text through stdin", file=sys.stderr)
        return
    try:
        result = process_patch(patch_text, open_file, write_file, remove_file)
    except DiffError as exc:
        print(exc, file=sys.stderr)
        return
    print(result)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

其他有效的差异格式

如果你想尝试使用不同的差异格式,我们在测试中发现,Aider多语言基准测试中使用的SEARCH/REPLACE差异格式,以及不带内部转义的伪XML格式,两者都具有很高的成功率。

这些差异格式共享两个关键特点:(1) 它们不使用行号,(2) 它们既提供要被替换的精确代码,也提供用于替换的精确代码,并在两者之间使用明确的分隔符。

SEARCH_REPLACE_DIFF_EXAMPLE = """
path/to/file.py
```
>>>>>>> SEARCH
def search():
    pass
=======
def search():
   raise NotImplementedError()
<<<<<<< REPLACE
"""

PSEUDO_XML_DIFF_EXAMPLE = """
<edit>
<file>
path/to/file.py
</file>
<old_code>
def search():
    pass
</old_code>
<new_code>
def search():
   raise NotImplementedError()
</new_code>
</edit>
"""