Components of reusable prompts for humanity-centered automation
- The increasing integration of large language models (LLMs) into cyber-physical production systems, necessitating solutions that are both efficient and aligned with human values and needs. Designing effective and reusable prompts is crucial for creating cyber-physical systems(CPS) that are effective, flexible, reliable, user-friendly and aligned with Humanity-centered Automation. This paper introduces essential components of reusable prompts: Versioning, Model Selection, Purpose Definition, Variables, Examples, and Output Structuring. By applying the proposed components, developers might enable CPS employing LLMs to operate with more predictable inputs and outputs, enabling better control over results and facilitating the chaining of multiple prompts or collaboration between different LLMs. These components emerged from extensive experimentation with various LLMs and prompt configurations. The resulting framework supports the maintenance of prompt collections similar to codebases and thus enhances traceability, maintainability, and human oversight. Such structured components for prompt design supports humanity-centered automation by ensuring that technological advances serve human values and improve interaction with complex systems.
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-20148 |
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| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.33968/2025.09 |
| Author: | Simon WilbersORCiD, Norman GüntherORCiD, Ron van de SandORCiD, Bastian PrellORCiD, Jörg Reiff-StephanORCiDGND |
| Parent Title (English): | Tagungsband AALE 2025 : menschenzentrierte Automation im digitalen Zeitalter |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Publication: | 2025 |
| First Page: | 71 |
| Last Page: | 78 |
| Publisher: | Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur |
| Place of publication: | Leipzig |
| Faculties an central facilities: | Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften |
| Editor: | Jörg Reiff-StephanORCiDGND, Jens Jäkel, Dirk Reichelt |
| Publishing Institution: | Technische Hochschule Wildau |
| Tag: | cyber-physical system; humanity-centered automation; prompt engineering; reusable prompt |
| Source: | Wilbers, S., Günther, N., van de Sand, R., Prell, B., & Reiff-Stephan, J. (2025). Components of reusable prompts for humanity-centered automation. In J. Reiff-Stephan, J. Jäkel, & D. Reichelt, Tagungsband AALE 2025 : menschenzentrierte Automation im digitalen Zeitalter (pp. 71–78). Leipzig: Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur. doi:10.33968/2025.09 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 006 Spezielle Computerverfahren |
| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 67 Industrielle Fertigung / 670 Industrielle Fertigung | |
| Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
| Release Date: | 2025/03/04 |



