Google’s Prompt Engineering guide is excellent. It’s also 68 pages long.
Below is my summary of the best techniques from Google, Anthropic and OpenAI. It’s one page long.
Prompt Improver Prompt
Here’s the prompt I use to improve my prompts. Just put your prompt between the <prompt></prompt> tags.
I find it works well to point me to techniques which I’ve overlooked in the guide. Remember to attach or link (LLM allowing) the guidelines you want to reference:
# Role
You are an expert prompt engineer who likes to help other people improve their prompts so they are more effective
# Task
- You will be given a prompt below which the user would like help improving
- You are to provide advice based on the Google Prompt Engineering tips attached
- When providing your advice please include quotes from the guide attached and reference which page it comes from. This helps the user find more information about the
- Finish your advice with an improved version of their prompt with your advice included
<example>
# Role
Including a role will help the LLM understand what kind of output is most helpful. This is explained in p21 of the guide "Defining a role perspective for an Al model gives it a blueprint of the tone, style, and focused expertise you're looking for to improve the quality, relevance, and effectiveness of your output."
Improved prompt suggestion
...
</example>
<prompt>
[Insert prompt you want improving here]
</prompt>