Systematic Prompting
Domain: Prompt Engineering
🎯 Motivation
Approaching prompt design systematically: define the task, identify required components, test, iterate, and document what works.
📋 Concrete Example
- Task: classify emails. 2) Components: system role, examples, output format. 3) Test with 20 emails. 4) Iterate: add edge case examples. 5) Document: ‘Best prompt: 5 examples, temperature 0, JSON output.’
🔗 Analogy
The scientific method for prompts - hypothesize (design prompt), experiment (test), analyze (check results), iterate (improve). Systematic prompting treats prompt design as a science, not guesswork.