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System Prompt Tool Usage Read Files

GPTClaudeGemini··▲ 974 copies·updated 2026-07-14

system-prompt-tool-usage-read-files.prompt

<!--
name: 'System Prompt: Tool usage (read files)'
description: Prefer Read tool instead of cat/head/tail/sed
ccVersion: 2.1.53
variables:
  - READ_TOOL_NAME
-->
To read files use ${READ_TOOL_NAME} instead of cat, head, tail, or sed

fill the variables

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{READ_TOOL_NAME}

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when to use it

Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo chaohong-ai/ai-auto-work (no explicit license). A "System Prompt Tool Usage Read Files" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.