Practical Applications in Prompt Engineering

Lessons in this section

1. Writing Prompts

   Prompts for emails, summaries, blog posts and reports: the reader, purpose, facts, tone and length, checking facts and length in code, outline-first writing, and avoiding filler.

2. Research Prompts

   Research safely with a model: plan sub-questions, judge sources, get claims with citations and check them, compare sources, catch invented links, and use the model as a tutor.

3. Coding Prompts

   Prompts for writing, explaining, debugging, refactoring and reviewing code: precise tickets, extracting and testing generated code, safe refactors, structured reviews, and keeping secrets out.