> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gradingpal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Grading and feedback instructions > Reuse the rules you give the AI instead of retyping them, and know which requests it will turn away. export const updated_0 = "19 September 2026" export const page_0 = "/teachers/library/instructions" export const label_0 = "Open your dashboard in GradingPal, then pick an assignment" export const href_0 = "https://app.gradingpal.ai/teacher" export const who_0 = "Teachers and co-teachers" export const plans_0 = "All plans" export const where_0 = "Your grading instructions and Your feedback instructions on any assignment's grading rules and feedback settings" * **Who:** {who_0} * **Plans:** {plans_0} * **Where:** {where_0} ### Limits and notes * There is no separate instructions page. The library opens from inside an assignment, and what you save there is ready on every assignment from then on. * An instruction applies from the next grading run. Assignments already graded are untouched unless you save with **Save & re-grade**. * Some requests are declined or redirected. See below. ## The two libraries **Grading instructions** shape how the AI scores: **Judge it as a whole**, **Require every element**, **Give credit for a valid method**, **Go easy on handwriting and scans**. **Feedback instructions** shape how it writes: **Sound like me, not a bot**, **Use their first name**, **Plain words, no jargon**, **Praise something specific**. Each library also lists what GradingPal does on every assignment with no setup, so you don't repeat it. ## Add one Under **Your grading instructions** or **Your feedback instructions**, select **Browse the library**. The rail runs **Most used**, the categories, **Everything**, then **Your prompts**. Select **Add** on a card. **Customise** opens a copy you can reword; it's saved under **Your prompts** and the original stays as it was. Select **Write your own**. Give it a **Name** and fill in **What the AI is told**, such as "This is their first lab report, so go gently on the method section." Select **Save to my prompts**. Turn on **Always include this** to add the instruction to every new assignment, for **All my classes** or **Only certain classes**. On the assignment, each instruction shows a badge: **Library**, **Your prompt**, **Your words** or **Always on**. **Reword for this assignment** changes it here only. ## What it won't accept The editor says why and stops you saving: * **Plagiarism or AI-writing detection.** "GradingPal cannot tell you whether work was copied or AI written. The checks that claim to are unreliable." * **Curving, ranking, or a floor across the class.** Each student is graded on their own work; the AI never sees the rest of the class. And it redirects requests that a control already handles: length to **Feedback length**, translation to the language fields, hiding the score to **Hide points from students**, a named tone to **Feedback style**, spell-checking to **Check grammar**. ## How to tell it worked The instruction appears in the stack under the field with its badge, and the assignment's **Settings > Grading** tile counts it. ## If something goes wrong It applies from the next grading run. Regrade, or save the settings with **Save & re-grade**. Open the library and select **Your prompts** in the rail. **Edit** on the card changes or deletes it. The instruction is always-on for this class. Remove it from the stack below if you don't want it this time. ## Related tasks * [Set grading rules and feedback](/teachers/create/grading-rules-and-feedback) * [Rubric Library](/teachers/library/rubric-library) Opens GradingPal on the screen this page describes.

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