Built In Prompts

The plugin ships with default prompts organised into three categories:

Category	Prompts	Used in
Translate	Default Translation Prompt	Batch Translate mode
Proofread	Default Proofreading Prompt	Batch Proofread mode
QuickLauncher	Assess translation, Define, Explain (in general), Explain (within project context), Translate segment using fuzzy matches, Translate selection in context of current project	QuickLauncher menu

Note

The Default Translation Prompt is a general-purpose starting point. For domain-specific projects, use AutoPrompt to automatically create a comprehensive prompt tailored to your document – or duplicate the default prompt in the Prompt Manager and customise it manually.

About the Default Proofreading Prompt

The Default Proofreading Prompt is intentionally short. Most of the structure proofreading needs – persona, the five quality categories (accuracy / completeness / terminology / grammar / number formatting), the output format, the “no full corrected translations” rule, language-specific checks for Dutch / German / French – is already in the hardcoded base that every Batch Proofread uses, so the prompt itself only adds what the base doesn’t have:

• Default to OK – raise an issue only when there’s a specific, demonstrable problem in the translation, never speculative concerns.
• Citation discipline – terminology consistency claims must cite specific source segment numbers in the Evidence: field, against the full bilingual document context that’s auto-included.
• Source query distinction – source-side errors (typos, duplications, internal inconsistencies) get prefixed with “Source query:” rather than triggering target changes.
• Explicit boundaries – the AI doesn’t re-engineer the source, propose alternative terminology without a citation, flag stylistic preferences, or flag empty target lines.

These behaviours target the false-positive patterns most users encounter: the AI fabricating “term X used elsewhere” claims, second-guessing the source’s substantive claims, and treating stylistic preferences as errors. See AI Proofreader for the full picture, including the Evidence field on issue cards.

Note

To customise: clone the default in the Prompt Manager and edit your copy. Defaults are read-only and get refreshed when the plugin updates – your clone keeps all your changes regardless. When the Prompt Library writes the default to disk, it includes a default: true flag in the YAML frontmatter; clones get default: false and are never touched by future updates.