# Custom Prompt

The Custom Prompt feature empowers users to provide desired prompts. Your prompts should be specific to a topic and convey the intended purpose for optimal Text translation. Prompts can include information such as Subject, Keywords or phrases associated with the subject, Tone of the response, Target audience, etc. 

**You can watch the tutorial video right below!**

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**💡 Steps to use custom prompts:**&#x20;

**Step 1:** Below the translation selection, choose the **"Custom prompt"** mode to enable this feature.

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**Step 2:** Enter the prompt to guide the AI for the translation, including desired words and keywords.

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*(Example: Prompt to capitalize a specific word)*

**Step 3:** Download the translated file or view the translation results after applying the custom prompt.

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*(Example of the displayed result with the translated Text after using the custom prompt)*

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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://usermanual.doctranslate.io/translation-features/custom-prompt.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.