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Mammoth Club All levels 6 sections 16 lectures

System Prompt Engineering: Customizing Qwen 3.6 with Ollama Modelfiles

Dive in and start shaping your own model behavior.

Created by James Dabalus
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Lectures
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Instructor
James Dabalus
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Course content

Curriculum & lectures.

6 sections · 16 lectures
+ 01 Foundations — System Prompts and the Qwen Model Family 3 lectures
01 Understand What a System Prompt Actually Does Locked
02 Survey the Qwen Family and Its Customization Hooks Locked
03 Position Ollama in the Customization Stack Locked
+ 02 Anatomy of the Ollama Modelfile 3 lectures
01 Read and Interpret a Complete Modelfile Locked
02 Choose a Base with FROM Locked
03 Set Identity with SYSTEM and Seed Context with MESSAGE Locked
+ 03 Designing Effective System Prompts for Qwen 3 lectures
01 Structure a System Prompt with Core Design Patterns Locked
02 Adapt Prompt Patterns to Qwen's Behavior Locked
03 Evaluate and Iterate on a System Prompt Locked
+ 04 Templates and Chat Formatting 2 lectures
01 Trace a Prompt Through Qwen's Chat Template Locked
02 Decide When to Modify the TEMPLATE Locked
+ 05 Tuning Behavior with PARAMETER 2 lectures
01 Control Sampling Locked
02 Manage Context and Repetition Locked
+ 06 Building, Managing, and Distributing Custom Variants 3 lectures
01 Create and Version Custom Models Locked
02 Reconcile Modelfile Settings with API Usage Locked
03 Troubleshoot Common Customization Failures Locked
Description

About this course.

The way you write a system prompt changes everything about how a model behaves.

This video course covers the Ollama Modelfile from the ground up, from system prompt foundations to building and sharing your own custom variants.

► Cover system prompt foundations and the Qwen model family.

► Break down the anatomy of the Ollama Modelfile.

► Design effective system prompts, templates, and chat formatting.

► Tune behavior with PARAMETER, then build and distribute variants.

Small prompt changes can lead to very different results.

✅ Lifetime access to all modules.

Instructors

Taught by people who ship.

James Dabalus

James Dabalus

Instructor

James is a versatile IT Technician specializing in Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Graphic Design, Web Development, Video Editing, and E-learning. With a passion for automation, he continually seeks innovative ways to streamline digital workflows.

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