Prompt Length
Domain: Prompt Engineering
🎯 Motivation
Longer prompts give more context but cost more tokens. Finding the right length is a balance between clarity and cost.
📋 Concrete Example
A 10-token prompt (‘Write code’) is cheap but vague. A 500-token prompt with examples and constraints is clear but costs 50x more. For simple tasks, short is fine; for complex tasks, invest in detail.
🔗 Analogy
Writing an email - a one-line email (‘meeting at 3?’) is efficient for close colleagues. A detailed email (agenda, background, expected outcome) is needed for new contacts. Match length to the situation.