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Prompting
XML Prompting
Using XML-style tags to organize a prompt's sections and constraints.
Definition
XML prompting uses XML-style tags — paired labels like <context>...</context> borrowed from web markup — to wrap and label the parts of a prompt, marking where instructions, context, examples, and input begin and end. The explicit tag boundaries make it easy for a model to tell one section from another and to keep data separate from directions. It is a common structuring device, and some models are tuned to follow tagged prompts especially closely.