iamMashel/swahili_promptbank

A prompt bank for Swahili-language LLM tasks and evaluation. # 🇰🇪 Swahili PromptBank A curated collection of 200+ high-quality Swahili prompts designed to improve the alignment, evaluation, and training of large language models (LLMs) in low-resource languages. --- ## 🌍 About **Swahili PromptBank** is an open-source dataset of culturally relevant, linguistically accurate prompts written in Swahili. This project aims to enhance representation and model performance in Swahili by providing carefully reviewed prompts across a range of NLP tasks. Each prompt is crafted to: - Match natural Swahili tone and context - Reflect culturally appropriate scenarios - Be clear, instructive, and useful for alignment training --- ## 📦 Dataset Structure ``` swahili-promptbank/ ├── prompts/ │ ├── classification/ │ ├── summarization/ │ ├── instruction-following/ │ └── conversational/ ├── examples/ │ └── model\_responses\_comparison.md ├── scripts/ │ └── validation\_utils.py ├── README.md └── CONTRIBUTING.md ```` --- ## 🧠 Prompt Types | Task Type | Description | |-----------------------|-------------| | `instruction-following` | Prompts where the model is guided to complete a task, e.g., "Explain how to cook ugali." | | `summarization` | Prompts asking for summaries of Swahili text or stories | | `classification` | Prompts for categorizing emotions, topics, or sentiment in Swahili | | `conversational` | Roleplay and dialogue-style prompts in a Swahili cultural context | --- ## 🧪 Sample Prompt ```json { "task": "instruction-following", "language": "Swahili", "prompt": "Eleza jinsi ya kupika ugali kwa mtu ambaye hajawahi kufanya hivyo.", "expected_output": "Hatua kwa hatua za kupika ugali, zikielezwa kwa lugha rahisi." } ```` --- ## ✅ Quality Criteria All prompts were: * **Peer-reviewed** for tone and clarity * Designed with **cultural alignment** in mind * Written in **native Swahili** without code-switching * Labeled with clear metadata for task type and usage --- ## 📈 Use Cases …