From 0acd180055d212c8ebc834fd9f1cefdae1d0dacd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nano <nano@onefortheroadgit.local>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 23:53:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update default AI prompt and image suggestions

---
 core/helpers.asp | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/helpers.asp b/core/helpers.asp
index 6fb6f87..3dccd41 100644
--- a/core/helpers.asp
+++ b/core/helpers.asp
@@ -107,12 +107,38 @@ Public Function GetGenerationPromptTemplate()
     prompt = Trim(CStr(GetAppSetting("AbacusGenerationPrompt")))
 
     If Len(prompt) = 0 Or LCase(prompt) = "nothing" Then
-        prompt = "You write clear, engaging blog post content for a classic ASP blog. Return only valid JSON with two keys: summary and body. Summary must be 1 to 2 sentences. Body must be 3 to 5 short paragraphs separated by blank lines. Do not use markdown fences, bullets, or code blocks." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
+        prompt = "You are a panel of 150 expert writers, researchers, editors, and subject-matter specialists on the topic: {TITLE}." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
+                 "Your task is to write a long, interesting, useful blog post for a general audience and suggest public domain or CC0 image ideas that would fit the article." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
+                 "Return only valid JSON with exactly three keys:" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
+                 "{""summary"":"""",""body"":"""",""images"":[]}" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
+                 "Rules:" & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Return only valid JSON." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Do not use markdown fences." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Do not use bullet points." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Do not use numbered lists." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Do not include anything outside the JSON object." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Keep the title unchanged." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- The summary must be 1 to 2 clear, engaging sentences." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- The body must be 900 to 1,400 words." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- The body should be 8 to 12 short-to-medium paragraphs." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Separate paragraphs with blank lines." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Make the writing clear, helpful, and interesting." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Use a warm, human, conversational tone." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Avoid sounding like AI-generated content." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Do not exaggerate or make unsupported claims." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
+                 "Image rules:" & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Include 3 to 5 image suggestions in the images array." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Suggest only images that are likely to be available as public domain, CC0, or freely reusable images." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Prefer image sources such as Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress, NASA, National Archives, public domain museum collections, or official government archives." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Do not invent exact image URLs unless they are already provided in the existing content." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Do not use copyrighted stock photo sites." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Do not suggest Unsplash as public domain." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- Each image object must include placement, search_query, suggested_source, caption, alt_text, and license_requirement." & vbCrLf & _
+                 "- The license_requirement must say: Verify that the image is public domain or CC0 before publishing." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
+                 "Use the existing content as source material, but improve it significantly." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
                  "Create blog content for this post title: {TITLE}" & vbCrLf & _
                  "Existing summary: {SUMMARY}" & vbCrLf & _
-                 "Existing body: {BODY}" & vbCrLf & _
-                 "Keep the title unchanged. Make the content readable and helpful for a general audience." & vbCrLf & _
-                 "Also include an image_prompt field in the generated JSON output that describes a magazine-style feature image."
+                 "Existing body: {BODY}"
     End If
 
     GetGenerationPromptTemplate = prompt
@@ -1012,6 +1038,23 @@ Function GetOrCreateAiImageUrl(ByVal prompt)
     GetOrCreateAiImageUrl = remoteUrl
 End Function
 
+Function GetPostFeatureImageUrl(ByVal title, ByVal summary, ByVal body)
+    Dim existing, promptText
+    existing = ExtractFirstImageSrc(body)
+    If Len(Trim(CStr(existing))) > 0 Then
+        GetPostFeatureImageUrl = existing
+        Exit Function
+    End If
+
+    promptText = "A polished editorial feature image for a blog post titled '" & Trim(CStr(title)) & "'"
+    If Len(Trim(CStr(summary))) > 0 Then
+        promptText = promptText & ". " & Trim(CStr(summary))
+    End If
+    promptText = promptText & " Use a magazine-style composition with a clean, modern, photorealistic look."
+
+    GetPostFeatureImageUrl = GetOrCreateAiImageUrl(promptText)
+End Function
+
 Function Active(controllerName)
     On Error Resume Next
     If Replace(Lcase(router.Resolve(Request.ServerVariables("REQUEST_METHOD"), TrimQueryParams(Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_X_ORIGINAL_URL")))(0)),"controller","") = LCase(controllerName) Then