Prompting Tips
Prompts are the instructions given to AI models. Output quality depends on how well they are written for each model.
Top 05 tips
Be specific and clear: Provide clear, explicit instructions with all the necessary details.
Provide context: Include any necessary background information for your question. AI models typically have broad knowledge so any specifics should be provided in the context.
Describe persona: Instruct AI to pretend to be a character or role, or take on a persona. This is useful shorthand to guide the model. Example: “You are a product manager”.
Set format expectations: Define the desired output structure (e.g., bullet points, markdown, JSON). Be aware that asking for too much structure has been shown to reduce reasoning ability.
Tip: Add “Use well-structured markdown” to your prompt to add headings, bullets, and more.
Use examples for clarity: Include a few examples in your instructions like pairs of representative inputs and outputs. This will help guide the model towards the type of answer you expect. Prompt engineers call this “few-shot prompting” — prompting without examples is called “one-shot prompting”.
General tip: Think of AI as a very capable intern.
Effective prompting will involve a combination of these strategies to get the most relevant and high-quality responses.
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