Remove "I will" phrasing from plan templates to make co-editing easier#55
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[WIP] "I will" plans are hard to co-edit
Remove "I will" phrasing from plan templates to make co-editing easier
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Changes look good to me and tested the PR and it works. It basically changed the prompts.
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@husseinmozannar and I discussed and he will revisit this in a week or so. |
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Properly addresses the Issue #37
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Problem
Plans created in Magentic-UI were unnecessarily verbose and difficult to co-edit due to the repetitive "I will" phrasing at the beginning of each step.
From the screenshot in the issue, we can see that steps all started with phrases like "I will search for..." and "I will access the menu information..." which added unnecessary wordiness.
Solution
This PR updates the plan templates to use more concise, direct language:
Modified the prompt instructions in
_prompts.pyto remove the requirement for first-person phrasingUpdated all example steps in the templates to use a direct style that:
Changed the JSON schema examples to reflect the new style
Before vs After
Before:
After:
The changes maintain all necessary information while making the plans more readable and easier to edit.
Fixes #37.
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