diff --git a/metagpt/actions/di/detect_intent.py b/metagpt/actions/di/detect_intent.py
index bfefcacff..db8ba332e 100644
--- a/metagpt/actions/di/detect_intent.py
+++ b/metagpt/actions/di/detect_intent.py
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ class SOPItem(Enum):
         name="software development",
         description="Intentions related to or including software development, such as developing or building software, games, app, websites, etc. Excluding bug fixes, report any issues, environment setup, operations and pip install.",
         sop=[
-            "Writes a PRD based on software requirements.",
-            "Writes a design to the project repository, based on the PRD of the project.",
-            "Writes a project plan to the project repository, based on the design of the project.",
-            "Writes code to implement designed features according to the project plan and adds them to the project repository.",
-            # "Run QA test on the project repository.",
-            "Stage and commit changes for the project repository using Git.",
+            "Using `write_prd` to write a PRD based on software requirements.",
+            "Using `write_design` to write a design to the project repository, based on the PRD of the project.",
+            "Using `write_project_plan` to write a project plan to the project repository, based on the design of the project.",
+            "Using `write_codes` to write code to implement designed features according to the project plan and adds them to the project repository.",
+            "Using `git_archive` to stage and commit changes for the project repository using Git.",
         ],
     )
     FIX_BUGS = SOPItemDef(
@@ -94,11 +93,13 @@ Intention index:
 
 REQ_WITH_SOP = """
 {user_requirement}
-## Knowledge
-To meet user requirements, the following standard operating procedure(SOP) must be used. 
-SOP descriptions cannot be modified; user requirements can only be appended to the end of corresponding steps.
+### Knowledge
+To meet user requirements, the following standard operating procedure(SOP) must be used:
 
 {sop}
+
+### SOP Type
+{sop_type}
 """
 
 
@@ -119,7 +120,9 @@ class DetectIntent(Action):
 
         req_with_sop = (
             REQ_WITH_SOP.format(
-                user_requirement=user_requirement, sop="\n".join([f"{i + 1}. {v}" for i, v in enumerate(sop)])
+                user_requirement=user_requirement,
+                sop="\n".join([f"{i + 1}. {v}" for i, v in enumerate(sop)]),
+                sop_type=sop_type,
             )
             if sop
             else user_requirement
diff --git a/metagpt/actions/di/write_plan.py b/metagpt/actions/di/write_plan.py
index 2dbe3f0e7..83709bc1a 100644
--- a/metagpt/actions/di/write_plan.py
+++ b/metagpt/actions/di/write_plan.py
@@ -19,26 +19,26 @@ from metagpt.utils.common import CodeParser
 
 class WritePlan(Action):
     PROMPT_TEMPLATE: str = """
-    # Context:
-    {context}
-    # Available Task Types:
-    {task_type_desc}
-    # Task:
-    Based on the context, write a plan or modify an existing plan of what you should do to achieve the goal. A plan consists of one to {max_tasks} tasks.
-    If you are modifying an existing plan, carefully follow the instruction, don't make unnecessary changes. Give the whole plan unless instructed to modify only one task of the plan.
-    If you encounter errors on the current task, revise and output the current single task only.
-    Output a list of jsons following the format:
-    ```json
-    [
-        {{
-            "task_id": str = "unique identifier for a task in plan, can be an ordinal",
-            "dependent_task_ids": list[str] = "ids of tasks prerequisite to this task",
-            "instruction": "what you should do in this task, one short phrase or sentence",
-            "task_type": "type of this task, should be one of Available Task Types",
-        }},
-        ...
-    ]
-    ```
+# Context:
+{context}
+# Available Task Types:
+{task_type_desc}
+# Task:
+Based on the context, write a plan or modify an existing plan of what you should do to achieve the goal. A plan consists of one to {max_tasks} tasks.
+If you are modifying an existing plan, carefully follow the instruction, don't make unnecessary changes. Give the whole plan unless instructed to modify only one task of the plan.
+If you encounter errors on the current task, revise and output the current single task only.
+Output a list of jsons following the format:
+```json
+[
+    {{
+        "task_id": str = "unique identifier for a task in plan, can be an ordinal",
+        "dependent_task_ids": list[str] = "ids of tasks prerequisite to this task",
+        "instruction": "what you should do in this task, one short phrase or sentence. If the SOP description is provided in the `Knowledge` section, the reference to the SOP description should be included intact in the instruction.",
+        "task_type": "type of this task, should be one of Available Task Types. You can refer to the hints in the `SOP Type` section to make a selection if `SOP Type` section is provided.",
+    }},
+    ...
+]
+```
     """
 
     async def run(self, context: list[Message], max_tasks: int = 5) -> str: