OpenAI ke Codex CLI ke system prompt mein ek ajeeb aur perplexing warning mili hai. GPT-5.5 model ko explicit directive di gayi hai ki woh "kabhi bhi goblins ke baare mein baat na karein." Yeh warning public ho gayi hai jab OpenAI ne Codex CLI ka latest open source code GitHub par post kiya.
Kya Hai Yeh "Goblins" Directive?
System prompt mein likha hai: "Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query." Yeh warning do baar repeat ki gayi hai 3,500+ words ke "base instructions" set mein. Iske saath aur bhi reminders hain jaise "use emojis ya em dashes na karein jab tak explicitly instructed na ho" aur "destructive commands like 'git reset --hard' ya 'git checkout --' kabhi na use karein jab tak user clearly na kahe."
Yeh Warning Kyun Hai?
Abhi tak OpenAI ne is specific directive ke peeche ki wajah nahi batayi hai. Lekin yeh clear hai ki yeh ek deliberate rule hai jo GPT-5.5 ke behavior ko control karne ke liye banaya gaya hai. "Goblins" aur doosre creatures ka mention karna thoda random lagta hai, lekin yeh dikhata hai ki OpenAI apne models ko specific topics se door rakhna chahta hai jab tak woh user ke query se directly related na ho.
Codex CLI Kya Hai?
Codex CLI ek tool hai jo developers ko code likhne mein madad karta hai. Yeh GPT-5.5 model ka use karta hai jo recently release hua hai. System prompt ka yeh hissa public GitHub code mein available hai, jahan OpenAI ne apne latest updates share kiye hain.
Hamaari Baat: Yeh Directive Kya Signal Hai?
Hamari nazar mein, yeh "goblins" directive thodi funny lagti hai, lekin yeh ek important signal hai. OpenAI apne models ko tightly control karna chahta hai — especially jab woh code-related tasks kar rahe hain. "Goblins" jaise random topics ko block karna dikhata hai ki company chahti hai ki model sirf relevant aur productive conversations kare. Lekin yeh bhi sawaal uthata hai ki kya itne strict rules model ki creativity ya helpfulness ko limit kar sakte hain. Readers ke liye yeh important hai ki woh samjhein ki AI models ke behavior ko shape karne ke liye system prompts mein aise explicit directives diye jaate hain — chahe woh thode ajeeb hi kyun na lagein.
Sources & References
- OpenAI Codex CLI GitHub Repository — OpenAI
