Guidelines to writing effective prompts
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Purpose
Be clear about the reason for your prompt: E.g. “I need to understand photosynthesis”
Role
Ask the Al to assume a role: E.g. “You are a helpful tutor...”, or “You are an examiner...”
Organize
Make sure your prompt is well written, structured clearly and logically, with clear parts
Model
Provide examples of the output vou need and the form vou want your output in
Parameter
Specify the boundaries. For example, vou may upload a document and ask to onlv reference that Tweak
Based on the output you receive, you may wish to tweak your prompt to improve the output
Evaluate the output for correctness, language, tone, style, facts
Determine the accuracy of the output. Validate against literature and source references
Identify misinformation, inaccuracies, hallucinations and biases
Transform the output to reflect the truth and to incorporate your voice and context
Adapted from:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/student-use-ai-helpful-framework/