@berryxia: Guys, if you want to seriously learn prompt engineering, spending 25 minutes this weekend is totally worth it! This is from Anthropic's official Prompting 101 course, which takes you from zero to building a practical prompt task: 1. Tone and context 2. XML structure 3. Few...
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Anthropic's official Prompting 101 course systematically explains how to build practical prompts from scratch, covering core techniques such as tone context, XML structure, few-shot examples, output formatting, and prefilling.
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Folks, if you want to seriously learn prompt engineering, spending these 25 minutes over the weekend is totally worth it!
This is the official Prompting 101 course from Anthropic, taking you from scratch to building a practical prompt task:
- Tone and context
- XML structure
- Few-shot examples
- Output formatting
- Prefilling and chain-of-thought
All these are explained clearly in one go. https://t.co/AeT6Idtfae
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