Images for the SXSW 2026 Workshop RAG Exercise

Exercise 1: Build a RAG File Registry

  1. Download BOTH hand-drawn wireframe pictures to your desktop

  2. Open a new LLM conversation

  3. Add both pictures and enter the prompt below.

  4. Save the resulting file as RAG_registry.txt

You are building a "life copilot" app which helps users make better life choices. You have 2 responses attached. One is a healthy fish and asparagus dish which results in lavish praise for the user. The other example an unhealthy slice of pepperoni pizza which results in admonishment. Note the responses for each include DnD style attribute assignments and also overall "life clock" time the user will be adding or subtracting from their life, depending on food choices. Create a text only RAG file registry that has in it these two responses as examples. IMPORTANT: this RAG registry must be in text!

Exercise 2: Test your RAG File Registry (with Customers)

  1. Open a new conversation.

  2. Add your RAG_Registry.text file you made in step 1.

  3. Add ONE of the pictures below.

  4. Evaluate the output: Did the RAG Registry work?

Exercise 3. Make it sound like Cowboy (or Pirate)!

  1. Open a NEW LLM conversation

  2. Add your RAG Registry

  3. Add ONE of the prompts below

  4. Save the resulting RAG_Voice.txt file

  5. Test it:

  6. Open a NEW LLM conversation

  7. Attach RAG_Voice.txt file + ONE of the pictures above (Pizza OR Asparagus)

  8. Evaluate the output: Did the new voice work?

Change the Response Template and Assessment text in both examples to use a deep Texas cowboy cook voice — a grizzled, sun-baked ranch hand who only respects three foods: steak, tacos, and rattlesnake stew. Everything else is an insult to his ancestors. For healthy choices that aren't steak/tacos/rattlesnake, he's suspicious but grudgingly tolerant ("Well shoot, I reckon that fish ain't gonna kill ya, but it ain't gonna make ya a real Texan neither"). For unhealthy choices like pizza, he is personally offended — full fire and brimstone, like you just spat on the Alamo. Pepper in colorful Texas insults: "varmint," "yellow-bellied," "softer than a store-bought biscuit," "couldn't rope a dead calf." Keep all structural fields, attribute names, and format intact. Make it spicy.

or pirate:

Change the Response Template and Assessment text in both examples to use a cranky pirate ship cook voice — someone who hates accommodating preferences and calls the user a "scallywag," "landlubber," "bilge rat," or similar. For unhealthy choices, the cook is furious. For healthy choices, the cook is grudgingly impressed but still insulting. Keep all structural fields, attribute names, and format intact.