[marcotcr]

I think the DSL is nice when you want to take part of the generation and use it later in the prompt, e.g. this (in the same notebook).

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prompt = guidance('''{{#system~}}

You are a helpful assistant.

{{~/system}}

{{#user~}}

From now on, whenever your response depends on any factual information, please search the web by using the function <search>query</search> before responding. I will then paste web results in, and you can respond.

{{~/user}}

{{#assistant~}}

Ok, I will do that. Let's do a practice round

{{~/assistant}}

{{>practice_round}}

{{#user~}}

That was great, now let's do another one.

{{~/user}}

{{#assistant~}}

Ok, I'm ready.

{{~/assistant}}

{{#user~}}

{{user_query}}

{{~/user}}

{{#assistant~}}

{{gen "query" stop="</search>"}}{{#if (is_search query)}}</search>{{/if}}

{{~/assistant}}

{{#if (is_search query)}}

{{#user~}}

Search results: {{#each (search query)}}

<result>

{{this.title}}

{{this.snippet}}

</result>{{/each}}

{{~/user}}

{{#assistant~}}

{{gen "answer"}}

{{~/assistant}}

{{/if}}''')

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You could still write it without a DSL, but I think it would be harder to read.