Stage 5: Evaluation and Refinement
Improve outputs with critique, feedback, and intentional iteration.
Stage focus
Use structured review loops to move from first draft to reliable final output.
Terms in this stage
Evaluation
Evaluation Evaluation is the part of prompt engineering where you stop nodding politely at the AI’s answer...
Open termFeedback
Feedback Feedback in prompt engineering is the part where you ask the AI to improve something, not just pr...
Open termRefinement
Refinement Refinement is the part of prompt engineering where you stop accepting the first draft like it i...
Open termIteration
Iteration Iteration is the part of prompt engineering where you stop expecting one perfect prompt to do al...
Open termPrompt Templates in this stage
Drift
DRIFT DRIFT is a simple way to remember that your first prompt is usually not your final prompt. You defin...
Open templateLoop
LOOP LOOP is the prompt engineering reminder that your first AI answer is a draft, not a sacred artifact c...
Open templateRoast
ROAST ROAST is the prompt engineering reminder that your first draft is not sacred. It is just the opening...
Open templateRefine
REFINE REFINE is what you use when the first AI answer is… fine. Not great, not terrible, just sitting the...
Open template