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Session 1 recap · Prompt Engineering · Sat 10 Oct
Clarity beats tricks. The one-page recap: 11 techniques, four myths, and a prompt to keep.
A prompt to keep
Copy it and fill in the brackets. Drop the lines a task does not need.
Goal: [what you want]
Why it matters: [who it's for and why it matters]
Done means: [what finished looks like]
Format: [shape of the answer]. Maximum [length / rows].
Example: [one example of what you want]
Before you answer, check your draft against these criteria and fix anything that fails: [checklist].Sources
Every technique and myth on the sheet is checked against these.
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