Prompting tip: asking agents to roleplay high-agency characters like Lou from Nightcrawler works wonders
tokenbender · x · 2026-11-11
tokenbender shares his prompting insight: the secret of great prompting seems to be asking the model to roleplay as a legendary/high-agency character. He occasionally asks his agents to roleplay as Lou from Nightcrawler — a character of relentless, borderline-unhinged drive.
The technique works by raising the model's agency and persistence through persona framing.
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