detail prompt format

README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ This is a linear merge with the following composition:
 - [NeverSleep/MiquMaid-v3-70B](https://huggingface.co/NeverSleep/MiquMaid-v3-70B) at weight 0.3
 - [maywell/miqu-evil-dpo](https://huggingface.co/maywell/miqu-evil-dpo) at weight 0.2
 
+## 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: