Anatomy Of A Prompt

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name: prompt-engineering-anatomy-of-a-prompt
description: 'Sub-skill of prompt-engineering: Anatomy of a Prompt (+1).'
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category: ai-prompting
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# Anatomy of a Prompt (+1)

## Anatomy of a Prompt


```
[SYSTEM CONTEXT]     - Who is the AI, what are its capabilities/constraints
[TASK DESCRIPTION]   - What needs to be done
[INPUT DATA]         - The specific content to process
[OUTPUT FORMAT]      - How the response should be structured
[EXAMPLES]           - Optional: demonstrations of desired behavior
[CONSTRAINTS]        - Limitations, things to avoid
```

## The Prompt Engineering Loop


```
1. Define Goal     -> What do you want to achieve?
2. Draft Prompt    -> Initial attempt
3. Test            -> Run with diverse inputs
4. Analyze         -> Identify failures and patterns
5. Refine          -> Improve based on analysis
6. Repeat          -> Until quality meets requirements
```