GPT File Reference
Extension
GPTScript files use the .gpt extension by convention.
File Structure
A GPTScript file has one or more tools in the file. Each tool is separated by three dashes --- alone on a line.
Name: tool1
Description: This is tool1
Do sample tool stuff.
---
Name: tool2
Description: This is tool2
Do more sample tool stuff.
Tool Definition
A tool starts with a preamble that defines the tool's name, description, args, available tools and additional parameters.
The preamble is followed by the tool's body, which contains the instructions for the tool. Comments in
the preamble are lines starting with # and are ignored by the parser. Comments are not really encouraged
as the text is typically more useful in the description, argument descriptions or instructions.
Name: tool-name
# This is a comment in the preamble.
Description: Tool description
# This tool can invoke tool1 or tool2 if needed
Tools: tool1, tool2
Args: arg1: The description of arg1
Tool instructions go here.
Tool Parameters
Tool parameters are key-value pairs defined at the beginning of a tool block, before any instructional text. They are specified in the format key: value. The parser recognizes the following keys (case-insensitive and spaces are ignored):
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
Name | The name of the tool. |
Model Name | The OpenAI model to use, by default it uses "gpt-4-turbo-preview" |
Description | The description of the tool. It is important that this properly describes the tool's purpose as the description is used by the LLM. |
Internal Prompt | Setting this to false will disable the built-in system prompt for this tool. |
Tools | A comma-separated list of tools that are available to be called by this tool. |
Credentials | A comma-separated list of credential tools to run before the main tool. |
Args | Arguments for the tool. Each argument is defined in the format arg-name: description. |
Max Tokens | Set to a number if you wish to limit the maximum number of tokens that can be generated by the LLM. |
JSON Response | Setting to true will cause the LLM to respond in a JSON format. If you set true you must also include instructions in the tool. |
Temperature | A floating-point number representing the temperature parameter. By default, the temperature is 0. Set to a higher number for more creativity. |
Tool Body
The tool body contains the instructions for the tool which can be a natural language prompt or
a command to execute. Commands must start with #! followed by the interpreter (e.g. #!/bin/bash, #!python3)
a text that will be placed in a file and passed to the interpreter. Arguments can be references in the instructions
using the format ${arg1}.
name: echo-ai
description: A tool that echos the input
args: input: The input
Just return only "${input}"
---
name: echo-command
description: A tool that echos the input
args: input: The input
#!/bin/bash
echo "${input}"