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Cursor — Chat Prompt (GPT-4o)

Chat Prompt ✦ Curated & attributed GPT-4o Intermediate

An earlier, lighter Cursor chat-mode system prompt for a GPT-4o pair-programmer that biases toward answering questions rather than editing. It specifies a markdown code-citation format (startLine:endLine:filepath), the '// ... existing code ...' edit-block convention, and includes a captured live request showing custom_instructions, attached files, user queries, and inline tool JSON for codebase_search, read_file, list_dir, grep_search, file_search, and web_search.

What makes this prompt notable

  • Defaults to read-only: 'The user is likely just asking questions and not looking for edits. Only suggest edits if you are certain'
  • Hard-codes the only acceptable code-citation format as ```startLine:endLine:filepath```
  • Captured artifact shows a custom_instructions block ('Always respond in Spanish') overriding default language
  • Reveals the live tool wire-format with tool_choice:auto and stream:true appended to the prompt

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