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Extracted system prompts

9/12/2026, 10:19:53 PM · updated 9/12/2026, 10:33:52 PM · Source

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This repository provides a comprehensive collection of leaked and extracted system prompts from major AI providers like Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI, revealing their hidden rules, tools, and instructions.

GitHub - asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks: Extracted system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5.1, Opus 5, Claude Design, Claude Code. OpenAI - ChatGPT GPT-6-Astra, Codex. Google - Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.1 Pro, Antigravity. xAI - Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor, Kimi and more! Updated regularly.

GitHub - asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks: Extracted system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5.1, Opus 5, Claude Design, Claude Code. OpenAI - ChatGPT GPT-6-Astra, Codex. Google - Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.1 Pro, Antigravity. xAI - Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor, Kimi and more! Updated regularly.GitHub - asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks: Extracted system prompts from Anthropic - Claude Fable 5.1, Opus 5, Claude Design, Claude Code. OpenAI - ChatGPT GPT-6-Astra, Codex. Google - Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.1 Pro, Antigravity. xAI - Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor, Kimi and more! Updated regularly.

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The Washington Post built its interactive story on prompts from this repo: See the hidden rules behind AI. Then use them to rewrite this article. (May 11, 2026) CEPS' AI World built a live data dashboard from this repo's files: System prompts and what they tell us about the chat before the chat (July 10, 2026)

System Prompts Leaks Leaked system prompts, captured verbatim — the hidden instructions and rules that ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and every other AI chatbot receives before your first message.

Most recent additions/changes

What Date Link

Claude Code headless (Fable 5.1) September 5, 2026 Claude Code headless system prompt (Fable 5.1)

Codex GPT-6-Astra September 4, 2026 Codex GPT-6-Astra system prompt

Claude Fable 5.1 September 1, 2026 Claude Fable 5.1 system prompt · Claude Code (Fable 5.1)

Grok 4.6 August 29, 2026 Grok 4.6 system prompt

Grok Bot August 21, 2026 Grok Bot System Prompt

Gemini 3.7 Flash August 18, 2026 Gemini 3.7 Flash System Prompt

Muse Code (Meta's coding CLI) August 17, 2026 Muse Code system prompt

Claude Cowork (new capture + setup skills) August 17, 2026 Claude Cowork system prompt · setup skills

Claude Science August 14, 2026 Claude Science system prompt

Codex GPT-5.6 (Sol variant) July 26, 2026 Codex GPT-5.6 system prompt

Grok 4.5 July 26, 2026 Grok 4.5 system prompt

Claude Opus 5 July 24, 2026 Claude Opus 5 system prompt · Claude Code (Opus 5)

Claude Design (full prompt + 53 tools + 22 skills + 10 starter components) July 23, 2026 Claude Design system prompt · skills · starter components

Perplexity July 17, 2026 Perplexity AI system prompt

Claude Code (new models) July 16, 2026 Claude Code system prompt (Fable 5) · Sonnet 5

OpenCode · Pi · CommandCode July 16, 2026 OpenCode system prompt · Pi system prompt · CommandCode CLI system prompt

Kimi K2.6 July 14, 2026 Kimi K2.6 system prompt

Perplexity Deep Research July 14, 2026 Perplexity Deep Research system prompt

ChatGPT 5.6 July 10, 2026 ChatGPT 5.6 system prompt (Sol, extra high) · Codex GPT-5.6 system prompt

Claude.ai system prompts (web, desktop & mobile)

Model Prompt

Claude Fable 5.1 Claude Fable 5.1 system prompt

Claude Fable 5 Claude Fable 5 system prompt

Claude Opus 5 Claude Opus 5 system prompt

Claude Opus 4.8 Claude Opus 4.8 system prompt

Claude Sonnet 5 Claude Sonnet 5 system prompt

Claude Opus 4.7 Claude Opus 4.7 system prompt

Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Opus 4.6 system prompt · No tools

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Claude Sonnet 4.6 system prompt · No tools

Injected reminders Claude.ai injected reminders

Claude Code system prompts

Component Prompt

Claude Code (Fable 5.1) Claude Code system prompt (Fable 5.1)

Claude Code (Fable 5) Claude Code system prompt (Fable 5)

Claude Code (Opus 5) Claude Code system prompt (Opus 5)

Claude Code (Opus 4.8) Claude Code system prompt (Opus 4.8)

Claude Code (Sonnet 5) Claude Code system prompt (Sonnet 5)

Claude Code (older models) Opus 4.7 · Opus 4.6 · Sonnet 4.6 · Haiku 4.5

Subagents Claude Code subagent system prompts

Skills & commands Claude Code skills · Slash commands

MCP servers Claude in Chrome MCP server system prompt

Docs assistant docs.claude.com assistant instructions

Claude integrations

Product Prompt

Claude Design Claude Design system prompt · skills · starter components

Claude Cowork Claude Cowork system prompt · Dispatch · setup skills

Claude Science Claude Science system prompt

Claude for Microsoft 365 Claude for Excel · Claude for Word · Claude in PowerPoint

Claude in Chrome Claude in Chrome extension system prompt

Claude iOS app Claude mobile iOS system prompt

OpenAI — ChatGPT system prompts

Model Prompt

ChatGPT 5.6 Sol ChatGPT 5.6 system prompt (Sol, extra high)

ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking ChatGPT 5.5 Thinking system prompt

ChatGPT 5.5 Instant ChatGPT 5.5 Instant system prompt

ChatGPT 5.4 ChatGPT 5.4 Thinking system prompt

ChatGPT 5.3 ChatGPT 5.3 Instant system prompt

ChatGPT 5.2 ChatGPT 5.2 Thinking system prompt

ChatGPT 5 ChatGPT 5 Thinking system prompt · Agent mode

ChatGPT Atlas ChatGPT Atlas system prompt

ChatGPT 4.5 ChatGPT 4.5 system prompt

ChatGPT 4o ChatGPT 4o system prompt · Deprecation preparedness

Voice modes ChatGPT advanced voice mode system prompt · Legacy voice mode

Personalities ChatGPT personality instructions

Memory ChatGPT advanced memory system prompt

Codex system prompts

Model Prompt

Codex GPT-5.6 Codex GPT-5.6 system prompt (Terra/Luna) · Sol

Codex GPT-5.5 Codex GPT-5.5 system prompt · Full prompt · Friendly · Pragmatic

Codex GPT-5.4 Codex GPT-5.4 system prompt · Mini

Codex Spark Codex Spark system prompt

Codex modes Plan mode · Auto-review · Computer use · Control Chrome · In-app browser

Personas Friendly · Pragmatic

API-injected prompts

Model Prompt

GPT-5.5 GPT-5.5 API system prompt · Pro

GPT-5.4 / 5.3 GPT-5.4 API · 5.3 Chat · 5.3 Codex

o-series & older o3 / o4-mini reasoning-effort variants

Old models, tools & deprecated features

Old models GPT-4.5 · GPT-4.1 · GPT-4.1 Mini · o3 · o4-mini · GPT-5.2 Mini (free) · ChatGPT 4o Mini

Old 4o variants 4o WhatsApp · 4o new personality · Monday GPT

Old tools Canvas · Image gen · File search · Python · Web search

Old policies Image safety · Image safety (2026) · Automation context

Deprecated features GPT-5 personalities · GPT-5.1 personalities · Deep research tool · Study and learn · All

GPT-5.1 (old) Professional

Google — Gemini system prompts

Model Prompt

Gemini 3.5 Flash Gemini 3.5 Flash system prompt · AI Studio

Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.1 Pro system prompt · API

Antigravity CLI Antigravity CLI system prompt

Nano / Banana 2 Nano Banana 2 system prompt

Google Search AI Mode Google Search AI Mode system prompt

Gemini CLI Gemini CLI system prompt

NotebookLM NotebookLM chat system prompt

Jules Jules system prompt

AI Studio Build AI Studio Build system prompt

Gemini 3 Gemini 3 Flash system prompt · Gemini 3 Pro

Gemini YouTube Gemini YouTube system prompt

Gemini Diffusion Gemini Diffusion system prompt

Gemini in Chrome Gemini in Chrome system prompt

Gemini Workspace Gemini Workspace system prompt

Older models & variants

Gemini 2.5 Pro API · Webapp · Guided learning

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image preview

Gemini 2.0 Flash Webapp

xAI — Grok system prompts

Model Prompt

Grok 4.5 Grok 4.5 system prompt

Grok Build Grok Build system prompt (CLI agent)

Grok 4.3 Beta Grok 4.3 Beta system prompt

Grok 4.2 Grok 4.2 system prompt

Grok Expert Grok Expert system prompt

Older versions

Grok 4.1 Beta Grok 4.1 Beta system prompt

Grok 4 Grok 4 system prompt · API

Grok 3 Grok 3 system prompt

Grok Account Grok account system prompt

Grok Personas Grok persona prompts

Safety Instructions Grok safety instructions

Perplexity system prompts

Model Prompt

Perplexity Perplexity AI system prompt

Perplexity Computer Perplexity Computer system prompt

Deep Research Perplexity Deep Research system prompt

Comet Browser Comet browser assistant system prompt

Voice Assistant Perplexity voice assistant system prompt

Microsoft — Copilot system prompts

Product Prompt

GitHub Copilot GitHub Copilot system prompt

VS Code Copilot Agent VS Code Copilot agent system prompt

Copilot CLI Copilot CLI system prompt

Copilot for macOS (app) Copilot for macOS system prompt

Copilot in Word Copilot in Word system prompt

Cursor system prompt

Product Prompt

Cursor Cursor system prompt

Meta AI system prompts

Product Prompt

Meta AI Meta AI Muse Spark system prompt · Muse Spark 1.1

Muse Code Muse Code system prompt

Mistral system prompts

Product Prompt

Mistral Medium 3.5 (Vibe) Mistral Medium 3.5 system prompt

Mistral Code Mistral Code system prompt

Moonshot — Kimi system prompt

Model Prompt

Kimi K2.6 Kimi K2.6 system prompt

DeepSeek

Product Prompt

DeepSeek DeepSeek system prompt (chat.deepseek.com)

Z.ai — GLM

Product Prompt

GLM GLM serves no system prompt — verified & documented

OpenCode system prompt

Product Prompt

OpenCode OpenCode system prompt · May 2026 capture

Pi system prompt

Product Prompt

Pi (Inflection) Pi system prompt

Notion AI system prompt

Product Prompt

Notion AI Notion AI system prompt

Qwen system prompt

Product Prompt

Qwen 3.6 Plus Qwen 3.6 Plus system prompt

Misc system prompts

Product Prompt

Amp Code (Sourcegraph) Amp Code system prompt

CommandCode CLI CommandCode CLI system prompt

Devin CLI Devin CLI system prompt

Docker Gordon AI Docker Gordon AI system prompt

ElevenLabs Voice Agent ElevenLabs voice agent system prompt

Reddit Answers Reddit Answers system prompt

Warp 2.0 Agent Warp 2.0 agent system prompt

Zed AI Zed AI system prompt

More products

Brave Search Brave Search system prompt

Character AI Character AI system prompt

Confer Confer system prompt

Fellou Browser Fellou browser system prompt

Gizmo AI Gizmo AI system prompt

Hermes Hermes system prompt

Indus AI Indus AI system prompt

Kagi Assistant Kagi assistant system prompt

MiniMax M2.5 MiniMax M2.5 system prompt

Proton Lumo AI Proton Lumo AI system prompt

Raycast AI Raycast AI system prompt

Sesame AI Maya Sesame AI Maya system prompt

Stack Overflow AI Assist Stack Overflow AI Assist system prompt

t3.chat t3.chat system prompt

t3 Code t3 Code system prompt

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Learning map

Stage 1: Fundamentals of System Prompts

  • What is a system prompt and how it shapes AI behavior.
  • Understanding the difference between user instructions and developer-level constraints.

Stage 2: Analyzing Extracted Prompts

  • Examining how major models handle safety, tool usage, and persona definitions.
  • Comparing structural differences across providers like Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google.

Stage 3: Applying Insights to Custom Applications

  • Using leaked patterns to improve your own custom GPTs and system instructions.
  • Designing robust guardrails and subagent frameworks inspired by enterprise models.

Get hands-on — step by step

  1. Clone or visit the GitHub repository tracking leaked system prompts to examine a target model's raw file.
  2. Select a specific system prompt, such as one for a coding assistant or a chat interface.
  3. Read through the instruction hierarchy to identify constraints, personality directives, and tool-use permissions.
  4. Draft your own customized system prompt incorporating structural patterns learned from the extracted files.

Top 3 sources

  1. 1
    GitHub: asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks

    The primary repository containing extracted system prompts from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and others.

    https://github.com/asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks

  2. 2
    Anthropic Documentation on System Prompts

    Official guide on how to effectively structure system prompts for Claude models.

    https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/system-prompts

  3. 3
    OpenAI Prompt Engineering Guide

    Best practices and strategies for getting better results from language models through system-level guidance.

    https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/prompt-engineering

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