ExpertPrompting: Instructing Large Language Models to be Distinguished Experts · HackerPapers discussions

ExpertPrompting: Instructing Large Language Models to be Distinguished Experts — mentioned by AdieuToLogic

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:03:14 GMT

> has anyone found a good way to improve code quality? just wondering ... - keep prompts focused on atomic tasks. - use expert prompting[0] when possible. - require coding agents to verify changes. - require coding agents to create/update unit tests with 100% coverage. - use git to commit/revert atomic tasks manually. - leverage planning capabilities to review instead of recover. - consider using something like Karpathy guidelines[1]. - leverage Constraint Programming[2] concepts when formulating prompts. 0 - https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.14688 1…

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ExpertPrompting: Instructing Large Language Models to be Distinguished Experts — mentioned by not_a_bot_4sho

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:38:55 GMT

Back with some papers. (Apologies in advance; I typically don't edit/format comments much here, please bear with me.) Notable papers describing performance improvements with prescribed roles and personas: - ExpertPrompting: Instructing Large Language Models to be Distinguished Experts (2023) https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14688 (if you're going to only read one paper here, maybe read this one but know there has been a lot of follow up with more modern models.) - Expert Personas Improve LLM Alignment but Damage Accuracy (2026) https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18507 - When Does Persona Prompting Actually…

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ExpertPrompting: Instructing Large Language Models to be Distinguished Experts — mentioned by jason_oster

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:56:57 GMT

True, but nuanced. The model does not react to "you are an experienced programmer" kinds of prompts. It reacts to being given relevant information that needs to be reflected in the output. See examples in https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14688; They certainly do say things like "You are a physicist specialized in atomic structure ...", but the important point is that the rest of the "expert persona" prompt _calls attention to key details_ that improves the response. The hint about electromagnetic forces in the expert persona prompt is what tipped off the model to mention it in the output. Bringing…

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ExpertPrompting: Instructing Large Language Models to be Distinguished Experts — mentioned by electroglyph

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:51:22 GMT

there's actually quite a bit of research in this field, here's a couple: "ExpertPrompting: Instructing Large Language Models to be Distinguished Experts" https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14688 "Persona is a Double-edged Sword: Mitigating the Negative Impact of Role-playing Prompts in Zero-shot Reasoning Tasks" https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08631

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