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Prompt Library

Guide to using the prompt library.

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Written by Josh Spencer

Have you fine-tuned a prompt that gives you great results every time? Save it to your Custom Prompt Library so you can reuse it in a couple of keystrokes instead of writing it out again.

Your library lives in the panel on the right side of the BastionGPT screen. Anything you save there can be recalled inside any chat by typing "/", and sorted into folders.

New here? Start with the basics in our Getting Started Guide before setting up your first custom prompt.

Start with a ready-made prompt pack

The quickest way to get value from your library is to import a set of prompts we have already written for healthcare teams. Pick the link that matches your plan, choose the prompts you want, and they land in your library right away.

Not sure which plan you are on? Check the address bar while you are signed in. If it reads plus.bastiongpt.com you are on Professional Plus. If it reads secure.bastiongpt.com you are on Professional.

Professional Plus (plus.bastiongpt.com)

Professional (secure.bastiongpt.com)

Opening one of these links shows every prompt in the pack. Click the arrow on any row to read the full prompt text before you decide. Tick the ones you want, or use Select all, then click Import to Prompts. They appear in the panel on the right straight away.

Create your own prompt

  1. Open the prompt panel on the right side of the screen. If it is collapsed, click the panel icon at the top of the right edge to open it.

  2. Click New Prompt. The Create Prompt window opens with a default name such as "Prompt 12".

  3. In Name, enter something you will recognize when you type "/". This field is required.

  4. In Description, type or paste the prompt text itself. This field is required, and it is the part BastionGPT reads when you run the prompt.

  5. Set a Response Mode if you want to.

  6. Attach files if the prompt should always carry reference material with it.

  7. Click Save as prompt.

Save a response mode with your prompt

The Response Mode control sits just under the name field, and whatever you pick is saved with the prompt. That means a prompt you use for documentation can run in a precise mode every time, while a prompt you use for patient education can run in a different one, without you having to remember to switch.

Your options are:

  • Auto-Detect reads your prompt and picks the mode it expects to work best. This is the default.

  • Exact, Analytical, and Creative set the style of the response.

  • GPT-5.5, Gemini-3, and Claude-Sonnet pin the prompt to a specific model.

Attach files to a prompt

If a prompt only makes sense alongside a document, for example a note template, a coding sheet, or a policy, you can attach that file to the prompt itself using Attach Files on the right of the Create Prompt window. Drag the file in or click Browse File. The file then comes along every time you run the prompt, so you do not need to find and upload it again.

Attachments accept .txt, .pdf, .doc, .docx, .docm, .pptx, .xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .csv, .html, .png, .jpg and .jpeg, up to 10 files per prompt, 40MB per file, 1,000 pages per file, and 90MB in total.

For ideas on which prompts are worth saving, see our guide to building your clinical prompt library.

Use a saved prompt

  1. Click into the message box and type "/".

  2. Your saved prompts appear above the box, with the folder each one lives in shown on the right.

  3. Keep typing to narrow the list. Typing "/soap" brings back only your SOAP prompts.

  4. Click the prompt you want. The full text drops into the message box.

  5. Add your own detail or attach a file, then press Enter.

Clicking a prompt name in the right-hand panel drops it into the message box as well, so use whichever is quicker for you.

Edit, rename, or delete a prompt

Hover over the prompt in the right-hand panel and click the pencil icon. The Edit Prompt window opens, where you can change the name, the prompt text, the response mode, or the attached files. Click Save as prompt to keep your changes.

Delete sits in the same window. Deleting a prompt cannot be undone, so check the contents first.

Import prompts from a file

You can also bring prompts in from a .json file, which is useful when you want to move a whole set between accounts.

  1. Visit https://bastiongpt.com/example. A .json file of sample prompts for mental health professionals, clinicians, and administrators downloads automatically.

  2. In BastionGPT, open Settings in the top right corner.

  3. Choose Import chat and prompts.

  4. Select the .json file you downloaded.

The prompts appear in the panel on the right once the import finishes.

Good to know

  • Folders save with content, not empty. A new folder is kept once you move a chat or prompt into it. An empty folder is discarded when you sign out. If your new folder seems to vanish or the app reselects an old one, add an item to it first.

  • Deleting is permanent. Deleting a prompt or folder cannot be undone, so check the contents before you delete.

  • You can send prompts to a colleague. The Share Prompts button at the bottom of the panel lets you select several prompts, or a whole folder, and pass them along in one link.

  • Every chat starts fresh. Saved prompts are how you carry a way of working from one conversation to the next. Read more about continuity without cross-chat memory.

  • Long documents. Once you have a few prompts saved, try generating long reports section by section.

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