Mechanism for marking models as supporting system prompts
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Description
Hmmm... thinking about it, we actually have a bit of a precedent problem here.
llm-claude silently ignores system prompts, which caught me out already - I fed it a system prompt and it didn't work, but I didn't realize because I didn't get an error.
On that basis, an error would actually be a better solution.
Originally posted by @simonw in https://github.com/simonw/llm/issues/284#issuecomment-1724862381
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No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue, so start by locating the model and system-prompt handling. Done should include a mechanism for identifying models that support system prompts and an error when a system prompt is used with an unsupported model.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- ai, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100