Role tells AI who to be. capability tells AI what to use.

try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3671375) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } synthaicode Posted on Apr 30 Role tells AI who to be. capability tells AI what to use. #ai #architecture #agentskills #llm Most prompt engineering articles tell you to start with a role. "Act as a senior software engineer." "You are an expert financial analyst." You've written this. I've written this. Everyone has written this. But here's what I've noticed after working with AI systems daily: role definition doesn't unlock capability. It performs a persona.

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