Custom instructions are near-useless: ChatGPT ignores them, tests show
herbert181 · reddit · 2026-08-30
A Reddit user tested ChatGPT's custom instructions and found them almost useless: putting the same instruction in the personalization section versus appending it directly to the prompt showed the model largely ignores the former. The takeaway — inline your instructions in the prompt instead of relying on the settings.
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