Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering is the skill of designing and refining text inputs (prompts) to effectively guide AI language models to produce desired outputs. It involves understanding how models interpret instructions, using techniques like few-shot examples, chain-of-thought prompting, and structured formatting to improve accuracy and reliability.
As companies deploy large language models in production systems, they need specialists who can reliably extract high-quality, consistent outputs for applications like customer support, content generation, and data analysis. Effective prompt engineering reduces model errors, improves efficiency, and is critical for building scalable AI products without constant model retraining.
๐ Courses
ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers
by Andrew Ng, Isa Fulford
This free course provides practical techniques for prompt engineering specifically for developers building applications with LLMs.
Prompt Engineering with Llama 2
by Hugging Face Team
This course offers hands-on prompt engineering exercises using open-source models like Llama 2, covering advanced techniques.
Advanced Retrieval for AI with Chroma
by Jeffrey Morgan
This tutorial demonstrates prompt engineering techniques within RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems, which is directly relevant to agentic RAG.
๐ Books
The Art of Prompt Engineering with ChatGPT: A Hands-On Guide
Nathan Hunter ยท 2023
This practical guide provides concrete examples and patterns for crafting effective prompts across various use cases.
Prompt Engineering for Generative AI: Future-Proof Inputs for Reliable Outputs
James Phoenix, Mike Taylor ยท 2024
This book focuses on systematic approaches to prompt design for production AI systems, covering reliability and evaluation.
๐ ๏ธ Tutorials & Guides
Prompt Engineering Guide
This comprehensive guide covers prompt engineering techniques, examples, and research papers in an organized repository.
Learn Prompting
This free online course offers interactive lessons covering beginner to advanced prompt engineering concepts.
OpenAI Cookbook: Techniques to improve reliability
This resource provides practical prompt engineering techniques specifically for improving output reliability with OpenAI models.
Anthropic's Prompt Engineering Guide
This guide from Anthropic offers specific techniques for prompt engineering with Claude models, directly relevant to companies using this technology.
Learning resources last updated: April 13, 2026