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Asking for Criticism Getting honest assessment.THE PROBLEMModels are trained toward helpfulness. They agree by... Asking for Multiple Options Choosing rather than accepting.WHY IT HELPSOne output invites acceptance. Three invite... Asking for One Thing at a Time Why combined requests fail.WHAT GOES WRONGA prompt asking for five things produces five mediocre... Asking for Reasoning Before the Answer Improving quality on hard tasks.THE TECHNIQUEAsk the model to work through the problem before... Being Specific in Prompts The single biggest improvement.WHAT VAGUE PROMPTS PRODUCEGeneric output that could apply to... Breaking Complex Tasks Into Steps Multi-step prompting.THE PRINCIPLEComplex output is produced by a sequence of prompts, not one.AN... Building Reusable Prompt Templates Saving the work.WHYReconstructing the same prompt repeatedly wastes time and produces... Common Prompting Mistakes What goes wrong.NO CONTEXTThe most common. The model does not know your situation.TOO MANY... Constraining the Output Telling it what not to do.WHY CONSTRAINTS WORKNegative instructions are followed reasonably well... Getting Consistent Output When you need the same thing each time.WHY OUTPUT VARIESRandomness in word selection. The same... Giving Context in Prompts What the model needs to know.WHY IT MATTERSThe model has no knowledge of your business, your... Iterating on Prompts Treating the first output as a draft.THE MISTAKEAccepting the first response, or abandoning the... Managing Long Conversations Keeping quality across an exchange.WHAT DEGRADESEarlier instructions fade as the conversation... Prompt Templates for Business Writing Adaptable structures.FOR AN EMAIL REPLY"Here is an email I received: [paste]. I want to... Prompt Templates for Learning and Study Adaptable structures.FOR UNDERSTANDING"Explain [concept] as though to a twelve-year-old. Then... Prompt Templates for Marketing Adaptable structures.FOR A PRODUCT DESCRIPTION"Write a description for [product]. Buyer: [who and... Prompt Templates for Personal Use Adaptable structures.FOR UNDERSTANDING A DOCUMENT"Explain this letter in simple terms. What is it... Prompt Templates for Research and Analysis Adaptable structures.FOR UNDERSTANDING A SUBJECT"Explain [subject] to someone who knows nothing... Prompt Templates for Technical Work Adaptable structures.FOR EXPLAINING CODE"Explain what this code does, line by line, for someone... Prompting for Analysis and Judgement Getting useful assessment.WHAT PRODUCES POOR ANALYSIS"Analyse this." Too open. You receive a... Prompting for Creative Work Where the rules differ.WHAT CHANGESVariation is useful rather than a problem Constraints help... Prompting for Extraction and Data Tasks Structured output.WHAT THIS COVERSPulling specified information out of text into a usable... Prompting in Other Languages Beyond English.WHAT TO KNOWModels are generally strongest in English, because most training data... Prompting: Everything That Matters, Briefly The section summarised.THE THREE THINGS THAT MATTER MOSTContext: the model knows nothing about... Role Prompting Telling the model what perspective to take.WHAT IT ISSpecifying a role or perspective for the... Specifying Format and Structure Getting output you can use.WHAT TO SPECIFYProse, bullets, numbered steps, or a table Length, in... Structured Prompts and Delimiters Organising a complex prompt.WHY STRUCTURE HELPSA long prompt containing instructions, context and... The Elements of a Good Prompt What to include.THE TASKWhat you want done, stated directly."Write", "summarise", "extract",... Using AI to Improve Your Own Prompts Meta-prompting.THE TECHNIQUEAsk the model to improve your prompt before running it."Here is a... Using Examples in Prompts Showing rather than describing.WHY EXAMPLES WORKOne example of the output you want conveys more... What Prompting Actually Is The skill that determines your results.WHAT A PROMPT ISEverything you give the model: your... Working With Documents in Prompts Giving the model material.WHY THIS IS THE MOST RELIABLE USEThe answer comes from provided text...

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