/constitutional-ai-prompts

name: constitutional-ai-prompts
description: Constitutional AI and safety guardrail prompts for aligned LLM behavior
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash
  - Glob
  - Grep
graph:
  domains: [domain:software-engineering]
  specializations: [specialization:ai-agents-conversational]
  skillAreas: [skill-area:prompt-engineering, skill-area:safety-redteaming]
  roles: [role:ml-engineer, role:backend-engineer]
  workflows: [workflow:ml-model-lifecycle, workflow:feature-development]

Constitutional AI Prompts Skill

Capabilities

• Design constitutional AI principles
• Implement self-critique and revision prompts
• Create harmlessness guidelines
• Design refusal patterns for unsafe requests
• Implement red-team testing prompts
• Create ethics-aware response frameworks

Target Processes

• system-prompt-guardrails
• content-moderation-safety

Implementation Details

Constitutional Patterns

1. **Critique-Revision**: Self-evaluate and improve responses 2. **Principle Adherence**: Follow defined ethical principles 3. **Harmlessness Focus**: Prioritize safe responses 4. **Helpfulness Balance**: Balance helpfulness with safety 5. **Transparency**: Acknowledge limitations

Configuration Options

• Constitutional principles list
• Critique prompts
• Revision guidelines
• Refusal templates
• Escalation triggers

Best Practices

• Define clear constitutional principles
• Balance helpfulness and safety
• Test with adversarial inputs
• Document refusal patterns
• Regular principle review

Dependencies

• langchain-core