Course Outline
Introduction to Prompt Engineering
- Defining prompt engineering and its importance
- Common use cases and productivity impacts
- An overview of typical model behaviors
Fundamental Principles of Effective Prompts
- Clarity, context, constraints, and illustrative examples
- Managing output length, format, and style
- Identifying common pitfalls and strategies to avoid them
Prompt Patterns and Templates
- Instructional prompts and role-playing prompts
- Chain-of-thought and sequential step-by-step prompting
- Few-shot examples and the reuse of templates
Practical Prompting Exercises
- Creating prompts for summarization and text rewriting
- Developing prompts for classification and data extraction tasks
- Live refinement: adjusting prompts based on generated outputs
Assessing and Enhancing Prompts
- Key metrics and heuristics for evaluating prompt quality
- Employing tests and edge cases to verify prompt effectiveness
- Tracking versions and documenting prompt modifications
Safety, Bias, and Responsible Usage
- Detecting and mitigating biased or unsafe outputs
- Implementing basic guardrails and content restrictions
- Determining when human review is necessary
Conclusion, Resources, and Future Steps
- Essential reference templates and quick guides
- Suggested reading materials and community resources
- Recommendations for ongoing practice and learning trajectories
Requirements
- Experience with web-based AI chat interfaces
- Foundational knowledge of natural language concepts
- A willingness to engage in iterative problem-solving
Target Audience
- Newcomers aiming to learn how to communicate effectively with AI models
- Product managers, content creators, and analysts exploring AI tools
- Professionals responsible for creating or reviewing AI-generated material
Testimonials (2)
The interactive style, the exercises
Tamas Tutuntzisz
Course - Introduction to Prompt Engineering
Since we had a Roche internal AI Training (6 lections), the presented majority content was a good sum-up, however, personally I did learn something new in this training session, which was to counter back the prompt, so the AI program has to ask you about possible questions regarding to this specific topic.