Mastering Prompting: Techniques for Better AI Responses

Build clearer, more reliable prompts for AI tasks by choosing the right model, structuring requests with context and constraints, and applying techniques like zero-shot, few-shot, role prompting, prompt chaining, and reasoning-aware prompt.

  • Beginner
  • 6 lessons
  • 1 hr 11 min
  • Taught by Dr. Alvaro Cintas
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What you'll learn

  • Choose the Right Model Select the right model type for simple requests, creative work, coding, planning, logic, and other complex tasks.
  • Apply Prompting Techniques Use zero-shot, few-shot, role, chain, tree-of-thought, and step-by-step patterns to match the task at hand.
  • Structure Strong Prompts Create prompts with clear tasks, context, input data, constraints, tone, and output formats for more reliable responses.
  • Prompt for Real Use Cases Adapt prompt patterns for coding, debugging, content creation, research, marketing, education, and style matching.
  • Improve AI Outputs Refine weak prompts with clearer instructions, examples, delimiters, formatting requirements, and prompt improvement tools.
  • Work Across AI Tools Manage long conversations, model costs, provider differences, and visual or audio prompting quirks more effectively.

Lessons 6 lessons · 1 hr 11 min

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Your teacher

Dr. Alvaro Cintas

PhD AI Professor

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