Provider rules

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Overview

Some providers have specific rules that you need to follow when using them in your prompts. These rules are called “custom rules” and are enforced by the Latitude engine.

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Anthropic

Anthropic only supports system messages at the beginning of the conversation. All other system messages get converted to user messages.

You can add the system message via a property in the front matter of your prompt:

---
provider: Anthropic
model: claude-3-5-sonnet-latest
system: |
  This is a multi-line system prompt
  that spans multiple lines
---

...

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Google

Google only supports system messages at the beginning of the conversation. All other system messages are converted to user messages.