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How do I stop an AI assistant from constantly offering help?

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I'm building my own personal AI assistant, and I'm currently working on its personality and conversational behavior. The problem is that no matter how clearly I describe the behavior in the system prompt, it keeps falling back to the same generic assistant pattern. I'll say something completely cas…

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  1. 2026-08-24 10:37 · r/PromptEngineering
    How do I stop an AI assistant from constantly offering help?

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