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Mention prompt templates in system prompts docs, closes #131

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@ -69,6 +69,23 @@ This is useful for piping content to standard input, for example:
curl -s 'https://simonwillison.net/2023/May/15/per-interpreter-gils/' | \
llm -s 'Suggest topics for this post as a JSON array'
```
Different models support system prompts in different ways.
The OpenAI models are particularly good at using system prompts as instructions for how they should process additional input sent as part of the regular prompt.
Other models might use system prompts change the default voice and attitude of the model.
System prompts can be saved as {ref}`templates <prompt-templates>` to create reusable tools. For example, you can create a template called `pytest` like this:
```bash
llm -s 'write pytest tests for this code' --save pytest
```
And then use the new template like this:
```bash
cat llm/utils.py | llm -t pytest
```
See {ref}`prompt templates <prompt-templates>` for more.
## Listing available models
The `llm models` command lists every model that can be used with LLM, along with any aliases: