Prompt Templates
Save prompts that repeatedly work as templates and change only the variables per job.
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The problem
After ten projects you notice most prompts repeat: the same structural description, the same exclusions, the same timbre notes. Rewriting each time is slow and error-prone. A template fixes what stays constant and leaves only variables to change.
How it works
A good template has three parts: a fixed skeleton (style, instrumentation, form, quality demands), variable slots (tempo, key, subject, mood) and exclusions. The skeleton keeps output steady while slots make each job different. Too many variables become untraceable, so keep them under five. Version the template and record why it changed.
Practice
Derive templates from prompts that already worked rather than designing them from scratch. After each project, review what succeeded and fold useful phrasing back in. Mark variables in brackets and never edit the fixed parts while substituting. Keep separate templates for songs, cues, effects and vocals. Templates are not universal, so write by hand a few times before templating a new type.
What to listen for
On the soul loop, the stability a fixed tempo brings; in the traditional tune, how swapping a variable changes style; in the hymn, the consistency of an atmospheric template. Templates save repetition, not judgement.
Listen in the library
All tracks from midicn-lib — inline badge is the license tier (C1 commercial / C2 non-commercial / C3 study only).
Sources
- 模板化提示的实践方法，依生成工具使用经验归纳，未抄文本
- 变量与固定项的拆分方式，依工作流设计通识核对，未抄原文
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