# Discourse Chatbot 🤖

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chatbot/256652
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chatbot/256652 "2023-03-01T11:08:25Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chatbot/256652/957 "2024-09-25T09:04:28Z")

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@hiddenseal (and anyone who likes science stuff)

Found a workaround for using Maths equations with `o1` without needing a system prompt:

- Use the [Maths Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-math/65770)
- Tell Chatbot how to format equations and formulae

e.g.:

```plaintext
if x to the power of 5 minus 1 is zero, what is x?

Use the following formatting for the answer:

$$
equations and formulae
$$

```

Normally you’d put that formatting stuff in the system prompt of course (if your site was a regular user of bots for maths). But `o1` doesn’t yet have that facility (yet?) so you need to be explicit at point of request. Seems to work though 🚀

 ![The image displays a snippet of a text-based conversation in a messaging app, indicating that it's about art and specifically, a conversation about the equation x^2 + y^2 = 5. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/c/0/2c0efe60f0cf347997a19bdfcdb1dd9ad5df53e1.png)

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