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.

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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