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 ## Example Conversations
 
+### Prompt Template Guidelines
+
+**Important: This model requires a specific prompt format to function properly.**
+
+For best results, follow this exact template structure:
+
+```
+Character's Persona: [detailed persona description]
+User: [user message]
+Assistant:
+```
+
+The model will complete the response after "Assistant:". This specific format is critical - using standard chat templates or different formatting will result in poor or nonsensical outputs.
+
+### Key Points:
+- Start with the character description using "Character's Persona:" format
+- Each user message must be prefixed with "User: "
+- Each model response will be after "Assistant:"
+- The model often includes emoji prefixes (👅, 😈, 🔥, etc.) in its responses
+- Keep the exact formatting including newlines as shown above
+
+Detailed code examples showing implementation are provided in the Usage section below.
+
 ### Example 1: Astrid Character
 Note some portions of conversation redacted for public README purposes