From 20f49b09ad84fb8dc2b4f2283706fed7665b2028 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Spielvogel <35257265+IDLe-Engineering@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:50:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Configuration Item for Initial LLM Instructions

---
 extensions/void/src/sidebar/contextForConfig.tsx | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/extensions/void/src/sidebar/contextForConfig.tsx b/extensions/void/src/sidebar/contextForConfig.tsx
index 0b0e569a..cce641e9 100644
--- a/extensions/void/src/sidebar/contextForConfig.tsx
+++ b/extensions/void/src/sidebar/contextForConfig.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const voidConfigInfo: Record<
 			'anthropic',
 			configFields,
 		),
+		initialLLMInstuctions: configString('Your initial instructions for your LLM.', ''),
 	},
 	anthropic: {
 		apikey: configString('Anthropic API key.', ''),

From 06e759dcc6463121676266a2b5e25854a74140d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Spielvogel <35257265+IDLe-Engineering@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:54:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Display initial LLM instruction field

---
 extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarSettings.tsx | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarSettings.tsx b/extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarSettings.tsx
index 27e2cdde..ba60cedd 100644
--- a/extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarSettings.tsx
+++ b/extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarSettings.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ export const SidebarSettings = () => {
 				</div>
 			})}
 
+			<hr />
+
+			<div className='outline-vscode-input-bg'>
+				<SettingOfFieldAndParam
+					field='default'
+					param='initialLLMInstuctions'
+				/>
+			</div>
+
 			{/* Remove this after 10/21/24, this is just to give developers a heads up about the recent change  */}
 			<div className='pt-20'>
 				{`We recently updated Settings. To copy your old Void settings over, press Ctrl+Shift+P, `}

From 9a5f8e274147e7361dce20625eb3bd9589672287 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Spielvogel <35257265+IDLe-Engineering@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:56:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Add initial LLM instructions to the prompt, if not
 already sent

---
 extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarChat.tsx | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarChat.tsx b/extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarChat.tsx
index cdb8ae91..31e1dbc8 100644
--- a/extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarChat.tsx
+++ b/extensions/void/src/sidebar/SidebarChat.tsx
@@ -176,7 +176,13 @@ export const SidebarChat = () => {
 		const relevantFiles = await awaitVSCodeResponse('files')
 
 		// add message to chat history
-		const userContent = userInstructionsStr(instructions, relevantFiles.files, selection)
+		let userContent = userInstructionsStr(instructions, relevantFiles.files, selection)
+
+		// check if the intial instructions have been send to the LLM
+		if (voidConfig.default.initialLLMInstuctions && !currentThread?.messages.some((message) => message.content.includes(voidConfig.default.initialLLMInstuctions))) {
+			userContent = voidConfig.default.initialLLMInstuctions + '\n\n' + userContent;
+		}
+		
 		// console.log('prompt:\n', content)
 		const newHistoryElt: ChatMessage = { role: 'user', content: userContent, displayContent: instructions, selection, files }
 		addMessageToHistory(newHistoryElt)