Definition
The raw natural language input or query submitted by an end-user that serves as the entry point for an AI agent's reasoning loop or a RAG pipeline's retrieval stage.
Distinguished from 'System Prompts' (developer-defined instructions) as it represents the dynamic, unpredictable input from the human operator.
"A rough gemstone that must be cut and polished (via query expansion and cleaning) before it can be used to unlock a specific vault of data."
Conceptual Overview
The raw natural language input or query submitted by an end-user that serves as the entry point for an AI agent's reasoning loop or a RAG pipeline's retrieval stage.
Disambiguation
Distinguished from 'System Prompts' (developer-defined instructions) as it represents the dynamic, unpredictable input from the human operator.
Visual Analog
A rough gemstone that must be cut and polished (via query expansion and cleaning) before it can be used to unlock a specific vault of data.