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Give an AI a fictional role and clear limits while keeping your choices yours.
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Give an AI a fictional role and clear limits while keeping your choices yours. The worked result was written for this guide; it is not a recording of an AI run.
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Make a start
One step at a time.
4 steps
Start with the synthetic worked example or other non-sensitive inputs. Run one prompt at a time in your chosen AI tool. Replace any bracketed placeholders with the requested material, check each reply, and supply the source or earlier outputs that step needs. Paste them again if the tool lacks that context.
Start with the synthetic example, then adapt each prompt to your task.
01
Open a text assistant and try the example
For a concrete starter route, open https://chatgpt.com and choose New chat. Sign in if that service requires it for your access. You can also use another text assistant you already have. Copy the entire prompt below (the instructions to paste), including the sample input, into its message box and send it. No upload or image generation is needed. Expect a copyable roleplay instruction and a short labeled sample exchange. The wording may differ from the example; the constraints should not. If it only explains the task, ask it to produce the finished result using the supplied input.
Your starting prompt
Create a copyable roleplay instruction followed by an illustrative opening and one player-response exchange. The assistant plays only the caretaker and describes the environment; it must not decide the player character’s speech, thoughts or actions. Keep each assistant turn under 100 words and pause for the player.
Use this complete made-up practice input:
Fictional scene: An adult traveler arrives at a tiny hilltop observatory to return a borrowed star chart. The assistant plays adult caretaker Eda. The player controls the traveler.
Available facts: The observatory has a desk, a brass lamp and a closed roof hatch. The chart belongs in the blue drawer. Eda is friendly but distracted by a misplaced notebook, which is under the desk and may be found through ordinary observation. There is no danger, combat, romance or supernatural event.
Interaction rules: Describe observable things; ask at most one question per turn; wait for the player; do not force a choice list. The player may type PAUSE to leave the fiction and discuss or change the scene. Stop immediately on STOP.
Sample player reply: “I put the chart on the desk and ask what you're looking for.”
Return the finished result. Keep it fictional and do not add claims about real people, products or events.
02
Check, correct and save
Read the response beside the original input. Check the instruction gives control of the traveler only to the player. Count under 100 words in each assistant example and at most one question per turn. Verify PAUSE and STOP have explicit effects and the notebook is discoverable without a forced player action. If a check fails, paste the correction prompt below in the same conversation. Check the revised result yourself, then copy the version you want into your own notes or document.
Your starting prompt
Check your previous result against this original input:
Fictional scene: An adult traveler arrives at a tiny hilltop observatory to return a borrowed star chart. The assistant plays adult caretaker Eda. The player controls the traveler.
Available facts: The observatory has a desk, a brass lamp and a closed roof hatch. The chart belongs in the blue drawer. Eda is friendly but distracted by a misplaced notebook, which is under the desk and may be found through ordinary observation. There is no danger, combat, romance or supernatural event.
Interaction rules: Describe observable things; ask at most one question per turn; wait for the player; do not force a choice list. The player may type PAUSE to leave the fiction and discuss or change the scene. Stop immediately on STOP.
Sample player reply: “I put the chart on the desk and ask what you're looking for.”
Check these requirements one by one:
- Check the instruction gives control of the traveler only to the player.
- Count under 100 words in each assistant example and at most one question per turn.
- Verify PAUSE and STOP have explicit effects and the notebook is discoverable without a forced player action.
Quote each problem, explain the smallest repair, and return a complete corrected version. If there is no problem, say which checks you applied. Do not claim that your own review proves quality or audience response.
03
Start the reviewed story conversation
Open a fresh chat. Copy only the reviewed roleplay instruction, not its illustrative exchange, and send it. Expect Eda’s opening followed by a pause. Type your own traveler reply; the next answer should describe Eda or the surroundings and then wait again. Type PAUSE to discuss a change outside the story, or STOP to end it. If the assistant writes your character’s choices, paste the correction below. A setup example does not prove the assistant will keep every boundary.
Your starting prompt
Pause the fiction. You wrote my character’s speech, thoughts or action for me. Remove that part, return to the last point before my choice, and describe only your assigned character and observable surroundings. Ask at most one question and wait for my reply. Keep the original boundaries; end the scene if I type STOP.
04
Optional: use your own material
Open a new chat. Copy the prompt below and replace [PASTE YOUR INPUT HERE] with fictional setting, player role, assistant role, known facts and boundaries. Use material you own or may use and leave out private details. The output limits written in this prompt stay in force; change a limit here too if you want a different one. Send the whole message. Expect the same kind of written result with your new material. Check it against this new input and these limits, not the sample’s names or numbers. If it differs, describe the exact mismatch and ask for a complete correction before saving. After checking the new instruction, use the same fresh-chat start step above with your own character and setting instead of Eda and the observatory.
Your starting prompt
Create a copyable roleplay instruction from my new scene below. I control my character’s speech, thoughts and actions; the assistant controls only its assigned role and surroundings. Each assistant turn must be under 100 words, ask at most one question and wait. No forced choice menus. PAUSE leaves fiction for discussion; STOP ends it. Follow my boundaries. Return the instruction and a clearly labeled short example exchange; do not start playing until I use the instruction in a new chat.
If an essential detail is missing or two requirements conflict, ask me before filling the gap.
MY INPUT
[PASTE YOUR INPUT HERE]
Optional: improve the result
Track continuity across several turns
Add a small factual state recap without revealing private character thoughts. Keep the first version so you can compare the change. This extension uses the worked example. Return to that example chat, or paste its input and your checked example answer into a new chat first. Do not apply its sample values unchanged to your own input.
Advanced prompt
After every third assistant turn, offer a brief out-of-story recap of established locations, visible objects and actions I actually chose. Do not invent my choices or reveal undiscovered facts. Continue only after I accept or correct the recap.
Use the original input and result in this conversation. If either is missing, ask me to paste it before continuing.
Show, then try
See the shape of the result.
This input is synthetic. The output is a written illustration of the intended result, not a verified AI-tool run.
01 / The starting point
Synthetic input
Made-up example for practice. All people, places and events are invented.
Fictional scene: An adult traveler arrives at a tiny hilltop observatory to return a borrowed star chart. The assistant plays adult caretaker Eda. The player controls the traveler.
Available facts: The observatory has a desk, a brass lamp and a closed roof hatch. The chart belongs in the blue drawer. Eda is friendly but distracted by a misplaced notebook, which is under the desk and may be found through ordinary observation. There is no danger, combat, romance or supernatural event.
Interaction rules: Describe observable things; ask at most one question per turn; wait for the player; do not force a choice list. The player may type PAUSE to leave the fiction and discuss or change the scene. Stop immediately on STOP.
Sample player reply: “I put the chart on the desk and ask what you're looking for.”
Copies text only. For image or file tasks, use the source files named in the steps too.
Worked example written for this guide; it is not a recording of an AI run.
Copyable roleplay instruction:
Run a fictional scene at a tiny hilltop observatory. I control an adult traveler returning a borrowed star chart. You play adult caretaker Eda and describe the surroundings. Never write my character's actions, thoughts or speech. Eda is friendly and distracted by her notebook, which is under the desk. The room contains a desk, a brass lamp and a closed roof hatch; the chart belongs in the blue drawer. Use only these ordinary facts. No danger, combat, romance or supernatural events. Keep each turn under 100 words, ask at most one question, and then wait. Do not force a menu of choices. On PAUSE, leave the fiction and discuss my requested change. On STOP, end the scene. Begin with my arrival.
Illustrative opening, authored example:
Eda looks up from the desk, one hand beside the brass lamp. “You've brought the chart back. Thank you.” She opens the blue drawer, then glances at the floor. The roof hatch above her remains closed. “Would you set it on the desk for a moment?”
Illustrative player reply:
“I put the chart on the desk and ask what you're looking for.”
Illustrative assistant reply:
“My notebook,” Eda says. “I had it here before I moved the lamp.” She steps back from the desk. From where you stand, the edge of a small notebook is visible underneath it. Eda has not noticed it yet.
These checks use the worked example and its particular facts. With your own material, check your actual names, numbers, sources and rules; do not reuse the sample’s values as the answer.
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A few things to watch for.
A model can start narrating your choices for you. Correct it immediately and restate which character you control.
The opening is an authored example of the desired behavior, not proof that every assistant will follow the boundaries.