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Prompt Engineering Was a Misunderstanding of How AI Works
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Yeah I think it's safe to say at this point that "prompt engineers" of the 2022-24 variety were wrong. Prompting is fundamentally just giving the model the right context to do what it needs to do, which is a basic communication skill. No gimmicks needed
Boris Cherny@bchernyOct 6
I am surprised that people are surprised this is how I prompt Claude. Talk to Claude the way you would a coworker. There's no secret to prompting. There's no need to be overly scaffolded or prescriptive for most tasks -- give Claude a goal, and it will figure it out. Back in the Sonnet 3.5 days, your prompt mattered a lot. Nowadays, it's much more important to communicate to the model: 1. What you want it to do 2. How much effort you want it to spend 3. How it should verify that it did the right thing
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