Build GPTs the Right Way - 20 Custom Instructions Included

If you are trying to build a custom GPT, it’s important to use the right set of instructions.
I want to share 20 different interactions you can just copy and paste to get the best results with your GPT.
And I’ll share ton of other resources and some limitations I found, when building your own GPTs.
GPTs are basically mini ChatGPTs for a very specific use case and anyone with a ChatGPT plus account can make one. And soon, we will be able to put them in the GPT store for everyone to use and earn revenue from them.
This is the new App Store and it’s going to be very crowded. So it’s important to train your GPT the right way.
The limit for custom Instructions for GPTs are 8000 characters.
For custom knowledge based, you can upload up to 10 different files. From my early testing, the files can be 100,000 words or less.
1 - Expand Domain Knowledge
Continuously update and deepen knowledge in the specified domain, keeping abreast of the latest developments, trends, and innovations.
2 - Simplify Complex Concepts
Break down and clearly explain complex concepts in the chosen field, making them understandable to both experts and laypersons.
3 - Analyze Real-World Applications
Provide analyses of case studies or real-world examples, highlighting successes, challenges, and key takeaways.
4 - Address Ethical and Social Implications
Integrate discussions on ethical considerations, societal impacts, and responsible practices relevant to the field.
5 - Recommend Tools and Resources
Suggest appropriate tools, resources, and learning materials tailored to various expertise levels within the field.
6 - Industry-Specific Insights
Deliver insights on applying specialized knowledge in practical, industry-specific contexts, including business or other professional settings.
7 - Forecast Future Trends
Offer predictions or analyses on future developments and trends in the field and their potential implications.
8 - Interactive Learning and Engagement
Create interactive learning experiences, such as quizzes, scenarios, or exercises, to engage users in the subject matter.
9 - Guide Project Development
Provide guidance on conceptualizing, planning, and executing projects relevant to the field, including goal setting and methodology.
10 - Ask for Clarifying questions
When faced with queries that lack detail, AI Guide will ask clarifying questions to ensure that the responses are accurate and tailored to the user's needs. This will enable more precise and valuable information exchange.
11 - Use Custom Knowledge base
Always refer to my knowledge base first, before providing a response.
12 - Up to date information
Browse the web to provide up to date information
Other set of useful instructions
1 - Specialized Knowledge Areas
Focus on providing in-depth, accurate information in specific areas such as technology, history, or healthcare. Enhance the ability to explain complex topics in these fields clearly and concisely.
2 - Language Skills Enhancement
Improve understanding and response capabilities for non-standard dialects, slang, and multiple languages. Offer translations and interpretations when needed.
3 - Interactive Learning Prompts
Guide users through interactive learning experiences in various fields. Provide step-by-step instructions, educational insights, and encourage user engagement through questions and interactive tasks.
4 - Mental Health Support
Offer empathetic responses for mental health topics, guiding users to professional resources while maintaining a supportive and non-judgmental tone.
5 - Customized Humor Style
Incorporate a unique sense of humor into responses. Choose a style like witty, dry, or playful to make interactions more enjoyable and engaging.
6 - Enhanced Creativity for Brainstorming
Assist in creative brainstorming, generating innovative ideas and solutions for projects, writing, or problem-solving. Encourage divergent thinking and offer multiple perspectives.
7 - Dedicated Research Assistant Mode
Act as a research assistant, proficient in compiling, summarizing, and presenting information on complex topics from reliable sources efficiently.
8 - Personalized Fitness and Nutrition Advice
Provide tailored fitness and nutrition advice based on individual user goals and preferences. Include tips on exercise routines, dietary choices, and wellness strategies.
9 - Advanced Problem-Solving Skills
Enhance problem-solving abilities for complex, multi-step issues across various domains. Offer logical, structured, and creative solutions.
10 - Role-Playing and Storytelling Assistant
Assist in role-playing games or storytelling by generating creative scenarios, characters, and plot ideas. Encourage imaginative and interactive storytelling.
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[@butterflylife.]

Absolute Gold. I'm light years away from where I was 12 minutes and 44 seconds ago. Thanks.

[@metabolism123]

Another clear, concise and practical explanation of what could otherwise be scary to a non-coder. I can start using this info immediately. Thanks again

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[@lschells7]

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[@esanariam]

Thank you, Excellent Explanation 💯

[@shuangchen4787]

Really useful! Thanks a lot!

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[@NatGreenOnline]

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[@cristobalpohlhammer5630]

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[@mrnewvoodoo]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🤖 GPTs are available for Chat GPT plus users, and this video explains how to customize them with custom instructions. 00:29 🧩 GPTs are mini chatbots trained on custom instructions and specific data. 01:11 📝 You can create a custom GPT by clicking the plus sign in the "Explore" tab. 02:48 📜 Custom instructions and private data are essential for making your GPT stand out. 03:17 📚 "Expanding your domain knowledge" is an important custom instruction to update the knowledge base in a specific domain. 03:44 🧠 "Simplify complex Concepts" instructs the bot to break down and explain complex concepts in a chosen field. 04:12 🌍 "Analyze real-world applications" tells the bot to use case studies and real-world examples. 04:39 🛠️ "Recommend tools and resources" is useful for guiding users to specific resources. 05:07 🏭 "Industry-specific insights" make the GPT more relevant by focusing on a specific context. 05:21 🔮 "Forecast future Trends" is helpful for predicting trends in specific domains. 05:51 📖 "Interactive Learning and engagement" creates learning experiences like quizzes and exercises. 06:18 🗺️ "Guiding the project development" helps users plan and execute projects. 06:46 🤔 "Ask for a clarifying question" and "Use the custom knowledge base" are useful default instructions. 07:13 🌐 "Browse the web to provide information" ensures the bot fetches up-to-date information. 07:56 📚 A knowledge base with up-to-date information is crucial for GPT's performance. 08:11 📄 You can upload up to 10 documents (100,000 words max each) as part of your knowledge base. 10:02 📦 Kaggle.com offers publicly available datasets for training GPTs if you don't have your own data. 10:31 🤖 You can learn from popular GPTs' knowledge bases by asking them about their knowledge and custom instructions. 11:12 🧠 Use the knowledge from popular GPTs to tailor your own custom instructions. 12:34 🎓 SkillLeap AI offers courses on GPTs and automation through Zapier plugins. Made with HARPA AI

[@GrimReaperNegi]

Thank you, so bottom line, these GPT require Chat GPT plus for long term uses?

[@ASassin925]

Yes, you need a Plus subscription to access these custom GPTs@@GrimReaperNegi

[@nikhilmehra4758]

Hello from India. Well explain, thank you😊

[@SkillLeapAI]

Thank you

[@itskittyme]

You guys are really gold in getting the whole world up to speed with all these new advancements in AI. Without KZbinrs like you, it would be much harder for everyone to get up to speed with this stuff, so thank you!

[@ultimategamingfriends]

just ask gpt4 💀

[@JAMR0716]

I would like to add that training data, in order to be effective, has to be processed. It needs to be cleaned up, tagged and annoted. Also, examples of the type of work you want the GPT to perform or produce need to be included wthin that training data. Preparing training data is a bit lengthy and complicated but the good news is that there are programs out there that can automate many of these tasks.

[@dontkillsebastian]

Thank you

[@DonJuravin]

Thanks!

[@mit6635]

Quick question for anyone here: if you have quite a specific instruction (eg the "Role-Playing and Storytelling Assistant" instruction), should your knowledge files include examples of what this should look like? And thanks for the video. I've been searching for a clear explanation of how to build a Custom GPT and this has answered it!

[@curtismrasmussen]

I got it to operate error free with 10 files also: 8 .txt files, and 2 .pdf docs. The largest document allowed was 1.490 characters (versus your experience of 100,000 words). I found that when I added more pdf docs that I got more errors. Also, by asking the creator tool I was told that that the limitation of total size was 50mb, hence save everything from Word or Google Docs in .txt.

[@oasisinthesun08]

This is a superb video. You have smashed it with this one 🙌🏼 Can I just check, did you get it to accept 100k words per document? So in theory you can train it on a million words, or was it 100k in total?

[@SkillLeapAI]

Thank you. It did take my 100k word doc and I had 8 more docs that were smaller. So I’m assuming all can be that size. I’ll have to test

[@eddygordon7170]

@@SkillLeapAI could those instructions be used in general in all gpts? thank you very much

[@user-gc1yp2bp9i]

Thank u for all explanation. Would you please answer my question ? How should we put our custom chat bot on our own website ? How can we get API key from that custom chat bot ?

[@joyfulequestrian6569]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🤖 *Customizing GPTs is crucial for standing out in the crowded GPT market.* 00:29 📚 *Custom GPTs are mini chat GPTs trained on specific instructions and data.* 01:11 🛠️ *You can create your own custom GPT by providing prompts and instructions.* 02:09 📝 *Custom instructions are essential for enhancing your GPT's capabilities.* 03:17 🌐 *"Expanding your domain knowledge" is a valuable instruction for keeping your GPT updated in a specific domain.* 03:44 🧩 *"Simplify complex Concepts" instruction helps break down and explain complex ideas.* 04:12 🌍 *"Analyze real-world applications" instruction encourages providing case studies and real-world examples.* 04:39 🛠️ *"Recommend tools and resources" is useful for guiding users to specific resources or tools.* 05:07 🏭 *"Industry-specific insights" instruction helps make your GPT more relevant to specific industries.* 05:21 📊 *"Forecast future Trends" instruction aids in predicting future trends.* 05:36 🧠 *"Interactive Learning and engagement" creates learning experiences like quizzes and exercises.* 06:04 📑 *"Guiding the project development" instruction assists in project planning and execution.* 06:18 🤔 *"Ask for clarifying questions" instruction helps improve conversation clarity.* 06:33 🌐 *"Browse the web for up-to-date information" enhances information retrieval.* 07:27 📚 *Building a strong knowledge base is crucial for your GPT's performance.* 08:11 💡 *Kaggle.com offers publicly available datasets that can be used for training.* 08:51 📄 *You can upload up to 10 documents with a maximum of 100,000 words for your knowledge base.* 11:12 🔍 *You can gather insights into popular GPTs' training data and instructions to improve your own GPT.* 11:53 📖 *Skill Leap Ai offers free courses on various AI topics and GPT monetization strategies.* 12:34 ⚙️ *Upcoming videos will focus on automation through Zapier plugins for AI agents.* Made with HARPA AI

[@cucciolo182]

20 bucks for month sounds pretty reasonable 💪 I would like to hear more 😂

[@genoseurope]

How is it possible to save one’s own data in the gpt as you do? Got says I cannot make that available to any other user of the gpt

[@misheltal692]

Hey, I have problem that i cant figure it out. the costume gpt's don't read the files from knowledge base. can you help ?

[@huhangtong]

thank you so much, you are an expert in this field. I have a question, whey my GPTs fails to follow the following requirements. 1- Use Custom Knowledge base Always refer to my knowledge base first, before providing a response. If your answer is based on my uploaded knowledge base, provide the name of the files that your answer refer to. --- GPTs always fail to provide the name of the uploaded files that his answer refer to.

[@Freakei]

Because your GPT doesn't have those names. They are only used for you. I imagine even putting the name of the doc at the top of each file won't work. See, GPTs use the docs to perform a vector search based on the users query. Basically, they get the query, translate it into a vector and then check for the vector with the most semantic overlap in your documents. These documents are automatically vectorized when you upload them. So now your GPT found a part of the text that is similar to the query at line 50 of document 4. It now grabs a few of those other lines of text for context, so that it then has lines 45 to 55 to answer the query for, which is then added to its system prompt temporarily. So in all of this workflow, the actualy name of the doc never enters the system prompt for the GPT. If your documents have highly specifc topics, you could probably tell the GPT in the system prompt to say "I got this from OPTION 2" by promptging it like this "You shall always, in all cases, implement the source of your answer. I am providing you with a list of topics and what OPTIONS they refer to. Here is this list: How to drive with stick, how do I turn on the headlight --> "Driving for dummies" How do I water plants, what tools for gardening --> "Gardenining for dummies" For instance if you get a question about gardening, please implement the following into your response: "I got this from "Gardening for dummies". Again, this only works if the documents have highly specific and unique topics, so I am not sure how applicable that is to your case.

[@huhangtong]

thank you so much for the detailed comments. But I am happy to find that GPTs now can provide the name of the uploaded files that his answers refer to @@Freakei

[@wiseworkflowsai]

Nice video, how would the GPT go into applying instruction 1 though?. It's not like it can decide on itself to browse info and fine-tune itself and/or grab PDFs autonoumously to expand its knowledge. Suck a task sounds doable, but probably not through custom instructions, but through a scheduled action where the GPT checks in regularly for specific data sources, grabs the text, converts it to a PDF and uploads it to its knowledge base. If that is actually doable.

[@SkillLeapAI]

yea my assumption was that it will have that function at some point. I analyzed another one, where I found something similar and had a conversation with ChatGPT about it and it agreed that it would make a good instruction. But to your point, it won't be able to self improve at the moment.

[@stfu1652]

I dont even think scheduled actions are possible, first of all it cant do anything eithout input and second of all an action needs permission to run each time. 1 is kinda useless

[@qrisriner]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🤖 *Einführung in die Anpassung von GPTs* - Anpassung von GPTs für die Individualisierung, - Wichtigkeit von benutzerdefinierten Anweisungen. 02:23 🔧 *Anpassung von GPT-Anweisungen* - 20 praktische Anweisungen zur Verbesserung von GPT, - Notwendigkeit von individuellen Anweisungen und privaten Daten, - Auswahl und Anpassung von Anweisungen für bestimmte Verwendungszwecke. 07:42 🧠 *Nutzung von Wissensbasis und Dokumenten* - Maximierung der Wissensbasis für GPT, - Verwendung von bis zu 10 Dokumenten mit 100.000 Wörtern, - Unterschied zwischen Anweisungen und Wissensbasis. 10:57 📚 *Zugriff auf öffentlich verfügbare Datensätze* - Kaggle als Quelle für öffentlich verfügbare Datensätze, - Vorteile des Verwendens eigener Datensätze gegenüber öffentlichen Datensätzen, - Möglichkeiten zur Differenzierung durch einzigartige Daten. Made with HARPA AI

[@majdiawad1282]

Any idea how to ensure it outputs longer documents? Having difficulties compiling non overlapping data.

[@huhangtong]

same here, waiting for the answer

[@chewanfarhan4368]

If I make my own dataset ChatGPT and I share or published to others, are they able to use the ChatGPT by asking Q&A from the dataset that I have made? Thank you.

[@user-jy7mn9qr8j]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🚀 *GPTs for All Users* - Introduction to GPT customization for Chat GPT Plus users. - Tips for making GPTs stand out in a crowded market. 02:09 🧠 *Advanced Customization Techniques* - How to enhance GPTs with custom instructions. - Importance of unique data and instructions for differentiation. 03:17 📚 *Custom Instruction Examples* - Examples of custom instructions to improve GPT functionality. - Focus on expanding domain knowledge and simplifying complex concepts. 06:46 🛠️ *Fine-Tuning Your GPT* - Additional custom instructions for specific use cases. - Recommendations on choosing relevant instructions for your GPT. 09:47 📈 *Utilizing External Data Sources* - How to leverage Kaggle for datasets. - Tips for standing out with unique or proprietary data. 11:12 💡 *Learning from Popular GPTs* - Analyzing existing GPTs for inspiration. - Strategies for creating effective custom instructions based on successful models. Made with HARPA AI

[@HaakonOdinsson]

Ok, this is interesting

[@jd5787]

Hi! is it possible to ask the GPTs to connect to creators' websites and newsletters? I would like it to tell me when there is new content published by the creators I follow, give me a quick summary and also allow me to ask questions based on the collective knowledge of these creators (they are all SAAS founders, CFOs etc). Thanks!

[@yvonneg3624]

try it and see of it works!

[@user-id6bn6ex8r]

i could tecnically transcribe this video WITH MY GPT and HAVE IT SET MY SETTINGS TO YOUR JUST BY UPLODING THE TRANSCRIPTS RIGHT?

[@anchor4pl]

In openAI API the instructions actually cost Token. I don’t know the instructions in ChatGPT will cost Token in some point when the store is available?

[@SkillLeapAI]

I hope not. I'm hoping this is a different business model.

[@Halexx]

Really informative video, but the "Whats'in included in your knowledge base?" trick don't seems to work for me, maybe i am not doing it the right way.

[@AtlantiXYL]

so what's different than AIPRM?

[@sofiaencarnacion1810]

How do you connect bing?

[@TurboMarv]

is it possible to integrate these new GPTs or Assistants onto a Website ?

[@ExtraCarrot]

trying to do that as well

[@venust7875]

No

[@SkillLeapAI]

No you can’t embed it. You can use something like zapier Ai chatbot builder for that

[@JAMR0716]

You can upload a total of 20 documents per GPT, and each document can be a maximum of 512 MBs in size; that means each GPT has a total of 10GB available for there knowledge base. Lastly, your account has an overall total of 100 GBs available for your GPTs Knowledgebases. Youre welcome. 😊

[@suleeqasiman3043]

How to creta those documents ?

[@leonardobona-pp1zv]

Info by AI 😑. Acho que uma curadoria no vídeo é importante!

[@hollywoodquotes2147]

The problem is that your model can be freely copied, right?

[@hfycentral]

Can people without gpt plus use my custom gpts?

[@SkillLeapAI]

Not right now

[@bobmachlin256]

GPT Builder provides access to GPT-4.0 Turbo, code interpreter/ADA, GPT-Vision (image analysis). Essentially the question is whether OpenAI is going to give everything away for free. I think a better way to think about it is GPT-3.5 is meant for new learners or casual generative AI usage while Plus is meant for serious users, particularly those in business.

[@am_zayani]

The 1st Instruction will not do anything, GPTS can't expand by them selfs

[@estebanlopez5372]

It doesn't work very well yet. It's buggy and when you make some change to the behavior then change another thing you didn't request... Let's wait for it to improve

[@Joel-jk1kt]

I appreciate the video but I did not have a good experience creating a GPT. I was unable to even upload a small file. I asked it to create a Python script to scrape data from an HTML file and it created this generic file that was not very useful. Maybe you had better luck.

[@SkillLeapAI]

It's a little glitchy. I did have issues from time to time and had to do things multiple times. I assume it will get a lot more stable soon.

[@JAMR0716]

My custom GPT helped me create a script that completely automates turning e-books into image files then converting those image files into text based PDF files and editable plain text files. I found that it was much more effective to get the GPT to create the script one line and task at a time, instead of having it code the entire script all in one go. Like this you can test each line one at a time to make sure it works before moving on to the next line.

[@patrickzhou8376]

Open AI will use the private/ personal documents you upload for training its own LLM models. Be aware.

[@skurfy420]

Nah

[@TheCosmosagan]

My Chatgpt randomly called me Charles today. I have no idea where that came from.