Simple guide to effective prompt writing
Channel: Thinking in public
Date: 22/03/2024

In this video I provide a very simple guide to effective prompt writing for generative AI.

I use a framework to describe a process for expanding the context window that language models need to provide useful responses to your prompts. And I walk-through a worked example where I show what the process looks like, using [Claude](https://claude.ai/chat).

The framework I describe for adding context to the prompt is:

- Role: Give the language model a persona where you tell it something about itself in the context of the response you're looking for.
- Goal: Explain the outcome you're looking for.
- Instruct: Tell the language model what you want it to do by giving it examples and steps to follow.