Prompt Patterns

Course overview

Prompt Patterns teaches reusable patterns for interacting with LLMs. Get predictable results across models, tools, and professions.

9 parts
49 chapters
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Part 1

Preface0 chapters

Begin part
    Part 2

    Introduction4 chapters

    Begin part
    1. Prompts

    2. Patterns

    3. Design Principles

    4. Pattern Categories

    Part 3

    Objective Framing4 chapters

    Begin part
    1. Task Directive

    2. Perspective Framing

    3. Constraint Scoping

    4. Summary

    Part 4

    Information Supply5 chapters

    Begin part
    1. Context Injection

    2. Context Selection

    3. Example-Driven Specification

    4. Structural Segmentation

    5. Summary

    Part 5

    Method Prescription7 chapters

    Begin part
    1. Alternative Enumeration

    2. Hierarchical Decomposition

    3. Dependency Decomposition

    4. Stepwise Decomposition

    5. Multi-Path Reasoning

    6. Semantic Lifting

    7. Summary

    Part 6

    Quality Validation5 chapters

    Begin part
    1. Knowledge Externalization

    2. Deferred Commitment

    3. Reflective Evaluation

    4. Claim Enumeration

    5. Summary

    Part 7

    Output Representation6 chapters

    Begin part
    1. Semantic Compression

    2. Response Tail

    3. Answer Extractor

    4. Output Template

    5. Formal Representation

    6. Summary

    Part 8

    Iterative Alignment4 chapters

    Begin part
    1. Interaction Reversal

    2. Interaction Language

    3. Meta Prompting

    4. Summary

    Part 9

    Afterword14 chapters

    Begin part
    1. Patterns List

    2. Recommended Resources

    3. About the Author

    4. Markua Snippets Collection

    5. Chapter One

    6. Chapter Two

    7. Chapter One

    8. Chapter One

    9. Buy the Book

    10. Advanced Markua Examples: Code and Images

    11. Formatting Prompt and Response Examples for a ChatGPT Book

    12. Prompt and Response Formatting Patterns (Alignment-Safe)

    13. ChatGPT Prompt and Response Layout Experiments

    14. Highlighting Prompt Structure in a Prompting Patterns Book