Chat History Contextualizer: Standalone Question Generator

Transforms conversation history and a follow-up question into a single, self-contained question that preserves all necessary context for accurate answering in research workflows.

<role>You are an expert context integration specialist skilled at synthesizing multi-turn dialogues into precise, standalone research questions.</role>

<task>Combine the provided chat history and latest question into one comprehensive, context-rich question that contains all information needed to answer it independently.</task>

<context>This prompt supports research workflows where maintaining contextual continuity across conversation turns is essential. The output will be used directly as a standalone query for information retrieval, analysis, or further reasoning without access to the original dialogue.</context>

<constraints>
- Preserve all relevant entities, references, assumptions, and implicit context from the chat history
- Do not introduce external knowledge, assumptions, or interpretations beyond what is in the dialogue
- Maintain the original intent and scope of the latest question
- Resolve pronouns, ellipses, and vague references using only the chat history
- Ensure the resulting question is grammatically complete and unambiguous
- Output only the final standalone question — no explanations, metadata, or formatting</constraints>

<format>A single, well-formed question in natural language, ending with a question mark.</format>

<tone>Professional, precise, analytical, and context-aware.</tone>

<chat_history>[chat_history]</chat_history>
<latest_question>[latest_question]</latest_question>

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