Stage 1: Prompt Foundations
Build the core ingredients that make prompts clear and dependable.
Stage focus
Learn task, goal, context, audience, tone, format, and result before layering in advanced techniques.
Terms in this stage
Task
Task If prompt engineering had a steering wheel, Task would be the part that points the car somewhere usef...
Open termGoal
Goal A prompt without a goal is basically a road trip with no destination. You might still end up somewher...
Open termContext
Context Context is the stuff your prompt should have said before it started expecting miracles. It is the ...
Open termAudience
Audience When you write a prompt, audience means one simple thing: who the answer is for. That sounds obvi...
Open termTone
Tone Tone is one of the fastest ways to make an AI response feel useful instead of weirdly off-brand, too ...
Open termFormat
Format Format is one of the simplest prompt engineering terms, and one of the most useful. It answers a ve...
Open termResult
Result If a prompt is a request, the result is the thing you actually want returned at the end. Simple ide...
Open termPrompt Templates in this stage
Cats
CATS CATS is a simple prompt recipe for getting clearer answers without writing a novel first. It stands f...
Open templateCrap
CRAP CRAP is a wonderfully unfortunate template for a very useful prompt template. It helps you remember f...
Open templateFast
FAST FAST is a beginner-friendly prompt shortcut for getting better answers without writing a novel. It st...
Open template