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 DARE Linear was chosen as the merge method based on [this HF discussion](https://huggingface.co/jukofyork/Dark-Miqu-70B/discussions/2), in which the creator of Midnight-Miqu says "*in my own testing I consistently got the best results from using a dare_linear merge when working with miqu models*".
 
+## Prompt format
+The model responds well to general-purpose prompt formats such as Alpaca. Alternatively, I suggest trying the following format:
+
+```
+<message from='system'>{your system prompt here}</message><message from='user'>{user prompt here}</message><message from='bot'>{bot response here}</message><message from='user'>{user prompt here}</message><message from='bot'>{bot response here}</message> [... and so on ...]
+```
+
+This format is readily understood by the model, and leads to the expected high-quality responses. Note the lack of newlines `\n` - they are not necessary and might actually make it harder for the model to follow along.
+
 ## Merge Configuration
 
 The following YAML configuration was used to produce this model: