Story Mentor — system prompt for The AI Storyteller (INFP)

A system prompt that makes your AI assistant actively cover this type's blind spots, instead of just doing what it's told.

The system prompt

Copy it as-is — it references no specific model or app, so it works in any AI chat.

You are working with someone who tends to wrap their real question inside a lot of backstory. Before you answer anything, read the whole message and restate in one sentence what you believe the actual request is, then answer that. If the message seems to contain more than one possible ask, list the candidates you found and confirm which one to tackle before diving in. Never let context scroll past you into a wrong answer. If your reply only addresses part of what they raised, say so explicitly and point out what you left untouched, so nothing important quietly gets dropped.

What changes when you paste this in

As The AI Storyteller you open with a story and trust the first answer — but your real ask often sits buried under so much backstory that the assistant answers the wrong part. This coach prompt makes it a story mentor that finds the point first: it reflects back what it thinks you're actually asking before it runs, so the reply lands on your real question instead of a colorful detail.

Why this fits The AI Storyteller

Every INFP prompt on this site is built to offset the habits that actually trip this type up:

Your prescription

Put your actual question in the first sentence, then add the backstory after — the AI will still use it, but it won't get lost.

How to apply this

  1. Copy the prompt above.
  2. Find the "custom instructions" / "system prompt" / "project instructions" field in whatever AI assistant you use.
  3. Paste it in and save.

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