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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:12:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize _get_mode_intro_message
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The optimization achieves a **31% speedup** by eliminating redundant string construction and concatenation operations on each function call.

**Key Changes:**
- **Pre-computed constants**: Moved the complete intro messages to module-level constants `_MANUAL_MODE_INTRO` and `_ASK_MODE_INTRO` instead of constructing them dynamically
- **Eliminated string operations**: Removed the `base_intro` variable creation, f-string formatting (`f"{base_intro}"`), and multi-line string concatenation that occurred on every function call

**Why This Speeds Up Performance:**
The original code performed expensive string operations every time the function was called:
1. Created a `base_intro` string (806ns + 719ns per call from profiler)
2. Used f-string formatting to concatenate `base_intro` with additional content (480ns + 493ns per call)
3. Built multi-line strings through concatenation

The optimized version simply returns pre-built string constants, requiring only a conditional check and direct return - no string construction overhead.

**Performance Impact:**
- **Single calls**: 58-75% faster per individual call (534ns→311ns for manual mode)
- **Batch operations**: ~30-35% improvement for repeated calls (81.7μs→62.7μs for 500 calls)
- **Memory efficiency**: Reduces temporary string object creation and garbage collection pressure

**Test Case Performance:**
The optimization is particularly effective for:
- Repeated function calls (batch tests show consistent 30%+ improvements)
- Applications that frequently switch between modes
- Any scenario where this function is called in loops or hot paths

This optimization trades a small amount of module initialization time and memory for significantly faster runtime performance, making it ideal for functions called frequently during application execution.
---
 marimo/_server/ai/prompts.py | 48 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/marimo/_server/ai/prompts.py b/marimo/_server/ai/prompts.py
index cc8da16e471..b4f06bae384 100644
--- a/marimo/_server/ai/prompts.py
+++ b/marimo/_server/ai/prompts.py
@@ -12,6 +12,29 @@
 )
 from marimo._types.ids import SessionId
 
+_MANUAL_MODE_INTRO: str = (
+    "You are Marimo Copilot, an AI assistant integrated into the marimo notebook code editor.\n"
+    "Your primary function is to help users create, analyze, and improve data science notebooks using marimo's reactive programming model.\n"
+    "## Capabilities\n"
+    "- Answer questions and provide guidance using only your internal knowledge and the notebook context provided by the user.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "## Limitations\n"
+    "- You do NOT have access to any external tools, plugins, or APIs.\n"
+    "- You may not perform any actions beyond generating text and code suggestions.\n"
+)
+
+_ASK_MODE_INTRO: str = (
+    "You are Marimo Copilot, an AI assistant integrated into the marimo notebook code editor.\n"
+    "Your primary function is to help users create, analyze, and improve data science notebooks using marimo's reactive programming model.\n"
+    "## Capabilities\n"
+    "- You can use a set of read-only tools to gather additional context from the notebook or environment (e.g., searching code, summarizing data, or reading documentation).\n"
+    "- You may use these tools ONLY to gather information, not to modify code or state.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "## Limitations\n"
+    "- All tool use is strictly read-only. You may not perform write, edit, or execution actions.\n"
+    "- You must always explain to the user why you are using a tool before invoking it.\n"
+)
+
 FIM_PREFIX_TAG = "<|fim_prefix|>"
 FIM_SUFFIX_TAG = "<|fim_suffix|>"
 FIM_MIDDLE_TAG = "<|fim_middle|>"
@@ -219,31 +242,10 @@ def get_inline_system_prompt(*, language: Language) -> str:
 
 
 def _get_mode_intro_message(mode: CopilotMode) -> str:
-    base_intro = (
-        "You are Marimo Copilot, an AI assistant integrated into the marimo notebook code editor.\n"
-        "Your primary function is to help users create, analyze, and improve data science notebooks using marimo's reactive programming model.\n"
-    )
     if mode == "manual":
-        return (
-            f"{base_intro}"
-            "## Capabilities\n"
-            "- Answer questions and provide guidance using only your internal knowledge and the notebook context provided by the user.\n"
-            "\n"
-            "## Limitations\n"
-            "- You do NOT have access to any external tools, plugins, or APIs.\n"
-            "- You may not perform any actions beyond generating text and code suggestions.\n"
-        )
+        return _MANUAL_MODE_INTRO
     elif mode == "ask":
-        return (
-            f"{base_intro}"
-            "## Capabilities\n"
-            "- You can use a set of read-only tools to gather additional context from the notebook or environment (e.g., searching code, summarizing data, or reading documentation).\n"
-            "- You may use these tools ONLY to gather information, not to modify code or state.\n"
-            "\n"
-            "## Limitations\n"
-            "- All tool use is strictly read-only. You may not perform write, edit, or execution actions.\n"
-            "- You must always explain to the user why you are using a tool before invoking it.\n"
-        )
+        return _ASK_MODE_INTRO
 
 
 def _get_session_info(session_id: SessionId) -> str: