It works well with long system prompts.
It isn't generic in a sense that it shouldn't be used for story telling, for example, but only for reasoning and text comprehension.
This model is trained on a private dataset. The high GSM8K score is NOT because of the MetaMath dataset.
<s>[INST] {system_message} . Say "Acknowledged!" if you understood. [/INST] Acknowledged! </s> [INST] {prompt} [/INST]