Lesson 5 of 33 · Part 0: Foundations

Writing Good Prompts

Clear, specific prompts with context, format and examples get much better answers.

Last time: The system prompt, messages[0], sets who the AI should be and its rules, re-sent every call.

Today: We turn vague requests into clear prompts with six ingredients, fences and step-by-step thinking.

Part 0 · Foundations

What you'll learn

1Why vague prompts get vague answers

2The six ingredients of a clear prompt

3Fences, step by step, and fixing drafts

Solo Bot

messages = [

{"role": "system", …} ✓ last lesson

{"role": "user", …} ← today

]

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