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by stingraycharles 335 days ago
Yeah I don’t understand why, it seems like people think that “everything should be in the model”, which is just not true. Tuning the system prompt and user prompts to your needs is absolutely required before you’ll have a great time with these tools.

Just take a look at zen-mcp to see what you can achieve with proper prompting and workflow management.

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Because companies are claiming this stuff is intelligent
Intelligence is one thing, context is the other. Prompts provide context and instructions and are tailored towards your needs.