Bid Document and Quotation Preparation for PCB Manufacturing: Multi-turn Dialogue and Prompt Engineering

Data for this category comes from client-provided Gerber files, drill files, and BOM lists, as well as factory-internal CAM systems, production

What Data for This Category Looks Like

Data for this category comes from client-provided Gerber files, drill files, and BOM lists, as well as factory-internal CAM systems, production equipment parameters, bath test records, AOI inspection reports, electrical testing reports, and slice reports. Data updates occur per production batch or per shift. Some equipment parameters are collected continuously. Daily documents include engineering production instructions, Gerber analysis records, drilling and lamination parameters, and chemical analysis reports. Fields cover professional parameters such as hole diameter, copper thickness, layer count, and bath concentration. There is no unified standard format, so separate matching is required for each project.

Constraints Imposed on Multi-turn Dialogue and Prompt Engineering

Data for this category is scattered and has inconsistent formats. Multi-turn dialogue must gradually guide calls to parameters from different sources to avoid missing key information. The real-time update nature of data requires dialogue contexts to sync the latest production parameters. This prevents outdated data from being used to generate quotations. Bid documents must link professional requirements such as electrical connectivity and process compensation. Prompts must match exclusive fields for links like drilling and lamination. Generic business prompt templates cannot be used directly. Incorrect data will lead to scrapping of entire PCB batches. The dialogue link must add parameter verification logic to ensure input Gerber parameters and bath data are accurate.

Configuration Settings

This configuration is based on FastGPT v4.17.0.

Configuration ItemRecommended SettingRationale
Maximum Context LengthFirst 20 turns of dialogue or 8000 charactersRetain the complete bidding project parameter inquiry process to avoid loss of key information
Variable Binding ScopeOnly associate the current project's variablesPrevent cross-project data confusion, ensure quotation parameters only come from the current bid's customer information
Session Identification RuleBind project archives by chatIdManage each bidding project's session independently to prevent cross-item historical dialogue mixing
Prompt Delivery FormatDeliver via messages array structureAlign with multi-turn dialogue interaction logic, enable the system to parse professional parameters by turn
File Upload Size Limit1000 MBSupport upload requirements for large business documents such as Gerber files and BOM lists
Timeout Threshold600 secondsSupport waiting requirements for large Gerber file parsing and multi-parameter calling

Three Common Misconfigurations

  • Quick buttons for dialogue opening prompts fail to trigger preset questions. Checking the messages array shows the initial node is empty. Cause: Preset quick questions are not written into the messages array during session initialization, so the system cannot load preset interaction instructions.
  • Calling the dialogue API to upload a Gerber file returns status code 400. Cause: The file storage path is not bound to variables, so the system cannot recognize uploaded business documents or extract parameters for quotation calculation.
  • Historical dialogues of non-logged-in users cannot be retrieved. Entering chatId returns no matching records. Cause: The temporary session identifier is not bound to chatId, and project-associated parameters are not cached after the session ends, leading to loss of historical records.

How to Verify Correct Configuration

  • Start a new dialogue, check if the interface displays preset quick buttons. Click the buttons to send preset questions, and confirm the messages array contains initial preset instructions.
  • Call the dialogue API to upload a single Gerber file under 1000 MB, confirm the interface returns a successful status with no missing parameter errors.
  • Start a dialogue using the temporary session identifier, enter the bound chatId, and confirm the system loads the current project's historical dialogue and parameters.
  • Modify the project's drilling parameters, start a new dialogue to ask a question, and confirm the system generates quotation suggestions using the updated parameters.

The values listed here are common starting points, and should be validated against the reader's own samples.