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Introduction to Prompt Engineering

Master the fundamentals of prompt engineering for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other LLMs. Learn through 50 comprehensive text-based lessons with 100+ real-world examples from our prompt library.

3 hours reading
48 text lessons
Beginner
48 free to read

What You'll Learn

Write Effective Prompts

Master the 4 key components: instructions, context, input, and output format

Generate Code

Use AI to write, debug, refactor, and review code in any programming language

Create Content

Write blogs, emails, social media posts, and video scripts with AI assistance

Advanced Techniques

Learn chain-of-thought, few-shot learning, and role-playing strategies

Business Applications

Apply prompts to market research, strategy, and marketing use cases

Real-World Examples

Practice with 100+ production-ready prompts from our library

Course Curriculum

1

Course Introduction

Get started with the course and set up your learning environment

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  • Introduction to Prompt Engineering

    8 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • About FindMePrompt

    5 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • Course Objectives

    6 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • Course Structure

    5 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • Course Tips for Success

    7 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • The Tools and Environment

    10 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • Setting up ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini

    12 min read📚 TutorialFree
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2

Introduction to LLMs

Understand what Large Language Models are and how they work

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  • What are LLMs?

    10 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • Base LLM vs. Instruction-Tuned LLM

    12 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • LLMs and LLM Providers

    10 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • Chat LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)

    15 min read📄 ArticleFree
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  • Chat LLM Common Use Cases

    12 min read📄 Article
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  • How to Leverage LLMs?

    10 min read📄 Article
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  • Module Quiz: Test Your LLM Knowledge

    10 min read✅ Quiz
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3

Introduction to Prompt Engineering

Learn the fundamentals of prompt engineering

5 lessons
  • What is Prompt Engineering?

    12 min read📄 Article
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  • Why Prompt Engineering?

    10 min read📄 Article
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  • Elements of a Prompt

    15 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Your First Basic Prompt

    12 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Module Quiz: Prompt Engineering Basics

    10 min read✅ Quiz
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4

The Playground

Hands-on practice with LLM interfaces and settings

7 lessons
  • Introduction to LLM Playgrounds

    10 min read📄 Article
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  • Understanding Roles (System, User, Assistant)

    12 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Temperature and Model Parameters

    15 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Practice: Text Classification

    20 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Practice: Role Playing

    20 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Practice Guide: Getting Started with Your Playground

    25 min read📖 Guide
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  • Practice: Text Summarization

    25 min read📚 Tutorial
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5

Improving Prompts

Master techniques to write clear, effective prompts

6 lessons
  • What Makes a Good Prompt?

    12 min read📄 Article
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  • Be Clear and Specific When Prompting

    15 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Using Delimiters

    12 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Specifying Output Length

    10 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Output Format (JSON, Markdown, HTML)

    15 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Split Complex Tasks into Subtasks

    18 min read📚 Tutorial
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6

Few-shot Prompting

Learn to use examples to improve LLM outputs

4 lessons
  • Introduction to Few-shot Prompting

    15 min read📄 Article
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  • How Many Demonstrations?

    12 min read📄 Article
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  • Tips for Preparing Demonstrations

    15 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Module Quiz: Few-shot Prompting

    10 min read✅ Quiz
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7

Use Case 1: Information Extraction

Apply prompting techniques to extract structured data

3 lessons
  • Extracting Information from Text

    15 min read📄 Article
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  • Zero-shot Prompting for Extraction

    20 min read📚 Tutorial
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  • Few-shot Prompting for Extraction

    20 min read📚 Tutorial
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8

Chain-of-Thought Prompting

Enable advanced reasoning with step-by-step thinking

3 lessons
  • Chain-of-Thought Prompting

    18 min read📄 Article
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  • Module Quiz: Chain-of-Thought

    10 min read✅ Quiz
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  • Case Study: Movie Recommendations with CoT

    25 min read💼 Case Study
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Use Case 2: Building a Chatbot

Combine techniques to build a functional chatbot

2 lessons
  • Chatbot Design Principles

    15 min read📄 Article
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  • Case Study: Building a Food Chatbot with CoT

    30 min read💼 Case Study
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10

Conclusion

Wrap up and explore next steps

4 lessons
  • Course Recap

    15 min read📄 Article
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  • Future of Prompt Engineering

    18 min read📄 Article
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  • Final Assessment

    20 min read✅ Quiz
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  • Get Your Certificate of Completion

    5 min read🏆 Certificate
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