Prompt engineering
Prompting is specification, not incantation. This course covers the techniques that measurably help, the ones that are folklore, and where a better prompt cannot fix the problem.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01What a prompt is doingSetting the conditions.
- 02Giving contextThe largest single lever.
- 03ExamplesShow rather than describe.
- 04Multi-step problemsStructure the work.
- 05Controlling formatGetting output you can use.
- 06Roles and personasA style lever, honestly described.
- 07IteratingTreat it as a conversation.
- 08Evaluating promptsBeyond it looked better.
- 09Prompt injectionWhen the input contains instructions.
- 10Folklore and limitsWhat does not help.
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