Prompt formatting

Understanding Prompt Engineering

Alex Banks

Founder & Educator

Introduction to prompt formatting

A well formatted book

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Understanding Prompt Engineering

Introduction to prompt formatting

A jumbled manuscript

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Understanding Prompt Engineering

The power of markdown

Example of headers

Understanding Prompt Engineering

The power of markdown

Examples of emphasizing text with asterisks or underscores

Understanding Prompt Engineering

Quotation marks and their magic

Tell me about the Great Expectations for this course

Understanding Prompt Engineering

Quotation marks and their magic

Tell me about the "Great Expectations" for this course

Understanding Prompt Engineering

Delimiting for distinct input

  • Delimiters act as clear separators within your prompt
  • Triple dashed (---) indicate distinct parts of the input Example of a prompt using triple dash delimiters
Understanding Prompt Engineering

Delimiting for distinct input

Result of the delimited prompt

Understanding Prompt Engineering

Delimiting for distinct input

Result of the delimited prompt

Understanding Prompt Engineering

Let's practice!

Understanding Prompt Engineering

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