Prompts are your input into the AI system to obtain specific results. A prompt can be a question, request, or topic posed by you, consisting of a few words, a single sentence or even paragraphs.
The quality and relevance of the generated output and the user's satisfaction in the answer is influenced by how effectively your prompt is crafted. Providing as much instruction and context as you can to a to an Ai tool like ChatGPT, will bring back a more helpful or useful output to the task you've asked.
In general, when crafting prompts, it's helpful to provide context, be as specific as possible, and then revise or build on your initial prompt as you may not get a perfect response or output in the first try.
Details and context to consider including when crafting a prompt:
Tone
Length
Voice (e.g. empathetic, optimistic, authoritative...)
Avoid words that can have multiple meanings, or clarify which meaning, if possible
Provide a role. A role could be, for example, "Act as an expert in [fill in the blank]."
If what’s produced does not meet expectations:
Modify your prompt by providing more details
Ask follow-up questions to improve the output or clarify
Ask it it revise the output.
Give examples of what you're looking for.
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