From d40b51460e20c6a69167d70a19776cdc4298c747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: matty <matty@nicecrew.digital>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:35:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] clean up some shit

---
 .env.example | 3 ++-
 src/main.ts  | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f9bf0df..59138f5 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ OLLAMA_SYSTEM_PROMPT="" # system prompt - used to help tune the responses from t
 OLLAMA_MODEL="" # Ollama model for responses e.g dolphin-mistral:latest
 FETCH_INTERVAL="" # interval for fetching new notifications from the instance, in milliseconds, recommend at least 15000
 RANDOM_POST_INTERVAL="" # interval for ad-hoc posts in milliseconds
-INSTANCE_BEARER_TOKEN="" # instance auth/bearer token (check the "verify_credentials" endpoint request headers in Chrome DevTools if on Soapbox)
\ No newline at end of file
+INSTANCE_BEARER_TOKEN="" # instance auth/bearer token (check the "verify_credentials" endpoint request headers in Chrome DevTools if on Soapbox)
+AD_HOC_POST_INSTRUCTIONS=""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index f67ca1e..81d24d4 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ export const envConfig = {
     : 3600000,
   botAccountId: process.env.PLEROMA_ACCOUNT_ID,
   replyWithContext: process.env.REPLY_WITH_CONTEXT === "true" ? true : false,
+  adHocPostInstructions: process.env.AD_HOC_POST_INSTRUCTIONS
+    ? process.env.AD_HOC_POST_INSTRUCTIONS
+    : "Say something.",
 };
 
 const ollamaConfig: OllamaConfigOptions = {
@@ -258,15 +261,15 @@ const createTimelinePost = async () => {
     ollamaSystemPrompt,
     ollamaUrl,
     pleromaInstanceUrl,
+    adHocPostInstructions,
   } = envConfig;
   const ollamaRequestBody: OllamaChatRequest = {
     model: ollamaModel,
     messages: [
-      { role: "system", content: ollamaSystemPrompt as string },
+      { role: "system", content: ollamaSystemPrompt },
       {
         role: "user",
-        content:
-          "Make a post about something. Keep your tone authentic, as if you are a real person making a post about a topic that interests you on a microblogging platform. This can be about anything like politics, gardening, homesteading, your favorite animal, a fun fact, what happened during your day, seeking companionship, baking, cooking, et cetera. Do not format the post with a title or quotes, nor sign the post with your name. It will be posted to your timeline so everyone will know you said it.",
+        content: adHocPostInstructions,
       },
     ],
     stream: false,