made it so it reads the system prompt and parameters from a file (this was vibecoded but it works so it's okay)

bot.py

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ def ignore_connection_closed_ok(loop, context): #this doesn't fucking work
     loop.default_exception_handler(context)
 
 
-system_prompt = "you are a funny discord user that uses discrd"
+def load_system_prompt() -> str:
+    return Path("system_prompt.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
 FILES_DIR    = Path("files")
 LOG_DIR      = FILES_DIR / "log"
@@ -91,13 +92,13 @@ def load_longterm() -> list[str]:
         log_error(f"[{timestamp()}] error reading longterm: {e}")
         return []
 
-def build_payload(sys_prompt: str, user_input: str, rebuild: bool = False) -> str:
+def build_payload(user_input: str, rebuild: bool = False) -> str:
     global vector_db_ready
     should_rebuild = rebuild or not vector_db_ready  # always rebuild on first ever message
     if should_rebuild:
         vector_db_ready = True
     return json.dumps({
-        "system_prompt":   sys_prompt,
+        "system_prompt":   load_system_prompt(),
         "user_input":      user_input,
         "shortterm":       load_shortterm(),
         "longterm":        load_longterm(),
@@ -184,7 +185,6 @@ async def random_dm():
                     continue
                 victim = random.choice(members)
                 payload = build_payload(
-                    system_prompt,
                     f"System: you are sending a dm to {victim}, write a long, playful story or an over-the-top pun monologue about anything. "
                     "It should sound like something faggot-chan would post when she's bored — chaotic, funny, and full of personality (at least 20 words)."
                     "keep in mind this is a dm so make it a bit personal"
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ async def random_message():
                 channel = discord.utils.get(guild.text_channels, name="general")
                 if channel:
                     payload = build_payload(
-                        system_prompt,
                         "System: write a long, playful story or an over-the-top pun monologue about cheese. or anything random"
                         "it should sound like something faggot-chan would post when she's bored."
                         "chaotic, funny, and full of personality (at least 15 words and no more than 20)"
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ async def on_message(message):
             user_input = f'{message.author} replied to {replied_message.author} saying: "{replied_content}" with reply: "{content}"'
         else:
             user_input = f"{message.author} said in DM: {content}"
-        payload = build_payload(system_prompt, user_input, rebuild)
+        payload = build_payload(user_input, rebuild)
         stop_typing = asyncio.Event()
         asyncio.create_task(keep_typing(message.channel, stop_typing))
         ok, result = await call_main(payload)
@@ -392,7 +391,7 @@ async def on_message(message):
     else:
         user_input = f"{message.author} said: {content}"
 
-    payload = build_payload(system_prompt, user_input, rebuild)
+    payload = build_payload(user_input, rebuild)
     stop_typing = asyncio.Event()
     asyncio.create_task(keep_typing(message.channel, stop_typing))
     ok, result = await call_main(payload)

main.py

@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import json
 import re  # thank you claude
 import ollama
 import websockets
+from pathlib import Path
 from websockets.server import serve
 from datetime import datetime
 
 chatmodel = "hf.co/Stetsoncody/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-abliterated-GGUF:Q4_K_M"
 embedmodel = 'hf.co/CompendiumLabs/bge-base-en-v1.5-gguf'
 
-NUM_THREADS = 6  # hardcoded since threads.txt is gone, change if needed
 
 def times() -> str:
     return datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
@@ -151,17 +151,12 @@ async def ollamachat(websocket):
 
         messages.insert(0, {"role": "system", "content": system_prompt + rag_block})
 
+        params = json.loads(Path("config/params.json").read_text())
+
         response = ollama.chat(
             model=chatmodel,
             messages=messages,
-            options={
-                "temperature":    0.83,
-                "top_p":          0.9,
-                "top_k":          40,
-                "repeat_penalty": 1.1,
-                "num_predict":    1024,
-                "num_thread":     NUM_THREADS,
-            }
+            options=params,
         )
 
         # strip <think> blocks in case the model ignores think=False, thank you claude