Writing Effective Prompts
Clear and Explicit Prompts
Explain leadership
- A clear and explicit prompt
You are a leadership coach.
Explain leadership to college students
Include:
- 2 definitions
- 2 examples
- 3 tips
Keep it under 200 words
- The second prompt works better because
- Role gives a perspective (coach vs general assistants)
- Audience sets the difficulty level
- Instructions define content
- Constraints limit output size
Structured Prompting
Task: Explain climate change
Context: High School Students
Instructions:
- use simple language
- Give example
Output:
1 paragraph + bullet points
