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Prompt Engineering Cheat SheetTable 1: Core Prompting Approaches

Table 1: Core Prompting Approaches

TechniqueExampleDescription
Instruction: Classify the review.
Context: 1 (worst) to 5 (best).
Input Data: "Food was okay."
Output Indicator: Rating:
• A prompt is built from up to four parts: instruction, context, input data, and an output indicator
• not every part is required; the mix depends on the task
Translate to French: Hello
• Model performs task without examples, relying solely on pre-training knowledge
• fast but less reliable for complex or domain-specific tasks
English: cat → French: chat
English: dog → French: chien
English: bird → ?
• Provides 2–5 example input-output pairs before the query
• significantly improves accuracy and consistency for nuanced tasks
Example: "angry" → negative
Classify: "delightful" → ?
• Single demonstration example
• useful when task is straightforward but model needs format guidance
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