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Writing a Good Prompt

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Writing a Good Prompt
Using AI as a Tool
6 MINWriting a Good Prompt
What you'll learn
  • →Understand the garbage-in-garbage-out rule: the quality of your prompt sets the ceiling for the quality of the answer.
  • →Learn the four parts of a good prompt: role, task, context, format.
  • →Practice rewriting a vague prompt into a specific one and see the difference yourself.
Proof task

Don't just watch. Do.

Take any AI tool. First ask: "Help me write an email." Note the answer. Then ask: "You are a professional writing coach. Help me write a 4-sentence email to my landlord asking to renew my lease for one year. Polite, direct, no apologies." Compare the two answers. That's the lesson.

Chapters

Jump to a moment.

  • 0:00The hook
  • 1:15The pattern
  • 2:45The interrupt
  • 4:30Practice scenario
  • 5:30The proof task
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Reflect

“How often do you give the people in your life vague instructions and then get frustrated with their vague results?”

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