Structuring a prompt

Understanding Prompt Engineering

Alex Banks

Founder & Educator

Introduction to prompt structure

For the foolish person built their house on sand... A house built on sand with huge waves in the background. A man stands in the foreground.

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Recap - prompt traits

An person with a thought bubble

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Recap - prompt traits

  • Clarity: includes relevant context to reduce ambiguity
  • Specificity: more specific, the better
  • Open-endedness: allow ChatGPT to think outside the box

One side has two people speaking to each other to illustrate clarity, the other side has a person with a speech bubble to illustrate specificity

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Elements of a prompt - instructions

 

A confused looking monarch with the question "what is the name of the monarch"

 

A happy looking monarch with the question "what is the name of the monarch of denmark"

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Elements of a prompt - persona

 

Confused and tired person with the prompt "write me a short story"

 

 

A happy looking person with the prompt "you are j.k. rowling, write me a short story about magic"

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Elements of a prompt - output format

 

 

A person with a prompt "I'm applying for a job as a data scientist, create a checklist for how I can best prepare"

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Elements of a prompt - output format

ChatGPTS response to the prompt "I'm applying for a job as a data scientist, create a checklist for how I can best prepare"

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Elements of a prompt - context

 

Prompt that asks the chatbot paraphrase key points from a transcript it has been provided.

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Elements of a prompt - context

ChatGPTs response to the prompt to paraphrase from a transcript

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Elements of a prompt - examples

 

Prompt that provides an example of an email

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Understanding Prompt Engineering

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