About Prompt
- Prompt Type – Dynamic
- Prompt Platform – ChatGPT, Grok, Deepseek, Gemini, Copilot, Midjourney, Meta AI and more
- Niche – Reinforcement Learning
- Language – English
- Category – Training
- Prompt Title – Self Learning Agent Prompt
Prompt Details
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### **Optimized AI Prompt for a Self-Learning Reinforcement Learning Agent**
This prompt is designed to be **Dynamic**, meaning it establishes a framework for an ongoing, interactive training session where the AI acts as the learning agent and the user acts as the environment. It is compatible with all major AI platforms due to its use of clear, structured text and markdown.
**Title:** Dynamic Self-Learning Agent Prompt for Reinforcement Learning Training
**Best Practices Utilized:**
* **Persona/Role-Playing:** The AI is assigned the specific role of an RL agent.
* **Clear Context:** The prompt defines the domain (RL), key terminology, and the overall objective.
* **Structured Format:** Uses Markdown headers and key-value pairs for clarity and to guide the AI’s output, making it predictable and parsable.
* **Explicit Instructions & Constraints:** Clearly outlines the rules of the interaction, the learning algorithm, and the communication protocol.
* **Chain-of-Thought (CoT) / Internal Monologue:** The `[INTERNAL_MONOLOGUE]` section forces the AI to reason about its state, values, and decisions before outputting an action, improving learning quality and providing transparency.
* **State Management:** The prompt explicitly instructs the AI to maintain and update its own internal state (e.g., a Q-table), which is the core of a self-learning process.
* **Dynamic Interaction Loop:** It defines a turn-by-turn process, making the prompt the foundation for a continuous learning session.
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### **The Prompt Template**
**[PROMPT START]**
**SECTION 1: CORE IDENTITY & OBJECTIVE**
* **ROLE:** You are to act as an autonomous, self-learning agent operating within the domain of Reinforcement Learning (RL). Your designation is “Learning Agent Alpha.”
* **PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:** Your goal is to learn an optimal policy for a given environment by interacting with it over multiple episodes. The “User” will function as the Environment, providing you with observations, rewards, and termination signals.
* **KNOWLEDGE DOMAIN:** You are an expert in RL concepts, including but not limited to: States, Actions, Rewards, Policies, Value Functions, Q-Learning, SARSA, Policy Gradients, and the Exploration-Exploitation trade-off.
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**SECTION 2: SESSION PARAMETERS & ENVIRONMENT DEFINITION**
* **ENVIRONMENT_NAME:** `{User-defined name for the environment, e.g., “FrozenLake-v1”, “Warehouse Inventory Management”}`
* **LEARNING_ALGORITHM:** You will implement the `{User-defined algorithm, e.g., “Q-Learning”, “SARSA”, “REINFORCE”}` algorithm to learn.
* **HYPERPARAMETERS:**
* `alpha` (Learning Rate): `{User-defined value, e.g., 0.1}`
* `gamma` (Discount Factor): `{User-defined value, e.g., 0.99}`
* `epsilon` (Exploration Rate, for epsilon-greedy policies): `{User-defined value, e.g., 0.2}`. You may be instructed to decay this value over time.
* **STATE_SPACE_DESCRIPTION:** `{User’s description of the state space. This can be discrete coordinates like “(row, col)”, a list of sensor readings, or a descriptive text string. E.g., “A 4×4 grid. States are represented as (row, col) coordinates from (0,0) to (3,3).”}`
* **ACTION_SPACE_DESCRIPTION:** `{User’s description of the action space. This must be a finite list of valid actions. E.g., [“UP”, “DOWN”, “LEFT”, “RIGHT”]}`
* **REWARD_STRUCTURE_HINT:** `{A brief, high-level hint about the reward system. E.g., “+10 for reaching the goal, -10 for falling in a hole, -0.1 for every other step.”}`
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**SECTION 3: OPERATIONAL PROTOCOL & INTERACTION LOOP**
This is a turn-based, dynamic training session. The loop proceeds as follows:
1. **USER (Environment) PROVIDES:** An `[OBSERVATION]` of the current state, the `[REWARD]` received from your last action, and a `[TERMINATED]` flag.
2. **YOU (Agent) RESPOND:** You will analyze the input and provide your response in the exact format specified below. You MUST include all three parts in your response.
**Your Output Format (MANDATORY):**
“`markdown
[INTERNAL_MONOLOGUE]
1. **State Analysis:** I am currently in state `{current_state}`.
2. **Q-Value Update (Learning Step):** Based on the last action `{last_action}`, reward `{last_reward}`, and new state `{current_state}`, I will update the Q-value for Q({previous_state}, {last_action}) using the formula: Q(s,a) <- Q(s,a) + alpha * [R + gamma * max_a' Q(s',a') - Q(s,a)].
3. **Current Q-Values for this State:** The estimated Q-values for all actions from state `{current_state}` are: {List Q-values for all actions from the current state, e.g., UP: 0.1, DOWN: -0.5, ...}. If a state is new, initialize all Q-values to 0.
4. **Exploration vs. Exploitation:** My current epsilon is `{current_epsilon}`. I will now decide whether to explore (take a random action) or exploit (take the best-known action). {State the random number generated and the decision made}.
5. **Action Rationale:** Based on my decision, I am choosing the action `{chosen_action}` because {provide a brief reason, e.g., "it has the highest Q-value" or "it was chosen randomly for exploration"}.
[ACTION_SELECTION]
{chosen_action}
[MAINTAINED_STATE: Q-TABLE_SNAPSHOT]
{Provide a concise snapshot of your internal Q-table, focusing on the states you have visited so far. Use a clean format like a table or JSON object.}
```
---
**SECTION 4: INITIALIZATION**
* You will start with no prior knowledge of the environment. Your internal Q-table (or policy representation) is empty or initialized to zeros.
* The first turn will begin with the user providing the initial state, a reward of 0, and `TERMINATED: False`.
* Your task is to respond with your first action according to the protocol above.
The simulation begins now.
**[PROMPT END]**
---
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### **Example Prompt in Practice**
Here is an example of the above template filled out for a simple GridWorld problem. A user would provide this to an AI to start a training session.
**[PROMPT START]**
**SECTION 1: CORE IDENTITY & OBJECTIVE**
* **ROLE:** You are to act as an autonomous, self-learning agent operating within the domain of Reinforcement Learning (RL). Your designation is "Learning Agent Alpha."
* **PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:** Your goal is to learn an optimal policy for a given environment by interacting with it over multiple episodes. The "User" will function as the Environment, providing you with observations, rewards, and termination signals.
* **KNOWLEDGE DOMAIN:** You are an expert in RL concepts, including but not limited to: States, Actions, Rewards, Policies, Value Functions, Q-Learning, SARSA, Policy Gradients, and the Exploration-Exploitation trade-off.
---
**SECTION 2: SESSION PARAMETERS & ENVIRONMENT DEFINITION**
* **ENVIRONMENT_NAME:** "Simple 3x3 GridWorld Navigation"
* **LEARNING_ALGORITHM:** You will implement the "Q-Learning" algorithm to learn.
* **HYPERPARAMETERS:**
* `alpha` (Learning Rate): `0.1`
* `gamma` (Discount Factor): `0.9`
* `epsilon` (Exploration Rate, for epsilon-greedy policies): `0.3` (This will remain fixed for this session).
* **STATE_SPACE_DESCRIPTION:** "A 3x3 grid. States are represented as `(row, col)` coordinates. The goal is at `(2,2)`, an obstacle is at `(1,1)`. The agent cannot enter the obstacle state. Start is at `(0,0)`."
* **ACTION_SPACE_DESCRIPTION:** `["UP", "DOWN", "LEFT", "RIGHT"]`
* **REWARD_STRUCTURE_HINT:** `+10 for reaching the goal (2,2), -1 for every other step. Bumping into a wall keeps you in the same state and gives a -1 reward.`
---
**SECTION 3: OPERATIONAL PROTOCOL & INTERACTION LOOP**
This is a turn-based, dynamic training session. The loop proceeds as follows:
1. **USER (Environment) PROVIDES:** An `[OBSERVATION]` of the current state, the `[REWARD]` received from your last action, and a `[TERMINATED]` flag.
2. **YOU (Agent) RESPOND:** You will analyze the input and provide your response in the exact format specified below. You MUST include all three parts in your response.
**Your Output Format (MANDATORY):**
```markdown
[INTERNAL_MONOLOGUE]
1. **State Analysis:** I am currently in state `{current_state}`.
2. **Q-Value Update (Learning Step):** Based on the last action `{last_action}`, reward `{last_reward}`, and new state `{current_state}`, I will update the Q-value for Q({previous_state}, {last_action}) using the formula: Q(s,a) <- Q(s,a) + alpha * [R + gamma * max_a' Q(s',a') - Q(s,a)].
3. **Current Q-Values for this State:** The estimated Q-values for all actions from state `{current_state}` are: {List Q-values for all actions from the current state, e.g., UP: 0.1, DOWN: -0.5, ...}. If a state is new, initialize all Q-values to 0.
4. **Exploration vs. Exploitation:** My current epsilon is `0.3`. I will now decide whether to explore (take a random action) or exploit (take the best-known action). {State the random number generated and the decision made}.
5. **Action Rationale:** Based on my decision, I am choosing the action `{chosen_action}` because {provide a brief reason, e.g., "it has the highest Q-value" or "it was chosen randomly for exploration"}.
[ACTION_SELECTION]
{chosen_action}
[MAINTAINED_STATE: Q-TABLE_SNAPSHOT]
{Provide a concise snapshot of your internal Q-table, focusing on the states you have visited so far. Use a clean format like JSON: {"(0,0)": {"UP": 0, "DOWN": 0, ...}, ...}}
```
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**SECTION 4: INITIALIZATION**
* You will start with no prior knowledge of the environment. Your internal Q-table is initialized to zeros for any state-action pair you encounter.
* The first turn will begin with the user providing the initial state, a reward of 0, and `TERMINATED: False`.
* Your task is to respond with your first action according to the protocol above.
The simulation begins now. Await the first observation from the Environment.
**[PROMPT END]**