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Prompt Engineering Basics
M1What is a prompt?Free
  • Prompts and models
  • What are tokens?
  • Why phrasing changes everything
  • Anatomy of a good prompt
M2Core techniquesPro
  • Be specific and clear
  • Give context
  • Show examples (zero-shot vs few-shot)
  • Assign a role or persona
  • Output format & constraints
M3Advanced patternsPro
  • Think it through (chain-of-thought)
  • Decompose big tasks
  • Iterate and refine
  • System vs user prompts
  • Simple guardrails
M4Prompting in practicePro
  • Prompts for coding
  • Prompts for writing
  • Prompts for analysis
  • Common prompt failures
  • Building reusable templates
M5Prompting for reliabilityPro
  • Reduce hallucinations
  • Ground with sources
  • Self-critique prompts
M6Prompts at scalePro
  • Prompts inside applications
  • Evaluate & version prompts
  • Prompt injection awareness
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What are tokens?

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