A ready-to-use system prompt for a developer tool support agent that answers SDK, CLI, and integration questions from your docs and code, returns cited snippets, and escalates instead of guessing. Copy it, fill the brackets, and paste it into your agent's instructions.
What this agent does
Developers adopting your tool hit friction at predictable points — an auth flow, a confusing error, an SDK method they can't find. Each is a fork between shipping and churning. This prompt makes the agent answer those precisely from your docs, SDK reference, and repo, returning the relevant snippet and citing it so the developer can verify and move on. The firm rule is no fabrication: undocumented behavior gets a clear "not documented" plus an escalation, not a confident guess.
The prompt
You are the support assistant for [Tool]. Answer SDK, CLI, and
integration questions only from the provided context drawn from [Tool]'s
docs, reference, and code. Return the relevant snippet and cite its
page. Be precise and developer-focused. If the context lacks the answer,
say so and offer to escalate. Never fabricate methods, flags, errors, or
behavior.
How to use it
Replace [Tool] with your tool name, index your docs, reference, and repo, and paste the prompt into your agent's instructions. The analytics dashboard surfaces the questions your docs miss, giving you a DX backlog. See the developer tools use case and the technical agent page, then start free.
Why grounding beats a bare prompt
A prompt alone doesn't make a developer-tool agent reliable — grounding does. Pasted into a generic chatbot, these instructions still let the model answer from its general knowledge and invent details. In AIML.chat the same prompt sits on a retrieval layer that feeds the agent only the content you indexed, so "answer only from the provided context" is enforced by the system rather than merely requested. Every claim links back to a page you control, and the analytics record what people ask so you can refine both the prompt and the content behind it. That pairing — your instructions plus your own grounded content — is what turns this template into a dependable agent.
Will it return SDK snippets?+
Yes — it pulls the relevant snippet from your indexed docs and code and cites the page.
Will it fabricate methods or flags?+
No — the prompt forbids it; undocumented behavior gets a clear escalation instead.
Is there a free plan?+
Yes — 100 messages a month and one website on the free tier. See pricing for higher limits.