[workflows] prompt step (non-spoken) or way to add general prompt for workflows | Voters

[workflows] prompt step (non-spoken) or way to add general prompt for workflows

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J Y

There is no way to add a prompt to instruct agent when using workflow. This limits any practical usage of the feature

February 21, 2025

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Nikhil Gupta

Hey J Y, what are you trying to achieve with prompts? What's your use case?

J Y

Nikhil Gupta say I want agent to speak in certain style throughout entire workflow or ask follow up questions based on user answers. This is why we want to use agents. To have control over flow but also leave them to decide what to say, when to go to next step etc. otherwise this workflow feature is basically a chatbot flow app from 2010 with voice to text

Nikhil Gupta

J Y: Makes sense, so

control personality
give agent freedom to respond

what's your use case and why is single-prompt assistant not working?

J Y

Nikhil Gupta 3. give agent ability to decide when to go to next step or not (similar to 'done criteria' from blocks feat)

Jon Turvey

Nikhil Gupta sorry to piggy back on this, but we have a use case where we want to significantly change the demeanour of the assistant upon being told a certain piece of news. Single promoting doesn't really achieve this well. Our use case is that we produce healthcare simulations and a AI patients demeanour might change upon being told some bad news or being deescalated from an angry to calm state.