Prompt Patterns

Bilgin Ibryam

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Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Prompts
Patterns
Design Principles
Pattern Categories

Objective Framing

Task Directive
Perspective Framing
Constraint Scoping
Summary

Information Supply

Context Injection
Context Selection
Example-Driven Specification
Structural Segmentation
Summary

Method Prescription

Alternative Enumeration
Hierarchical Decomposition
Dependency Decomposition
Stepwise Decomposition
Multi-Path Reasoning
Semantic Lifting
Summary

Quality Validation

Knowledge Externalization
Deferred Commitment
Reflective Evaluation
Claim Enumeration
Summary

Output Representation

Semantic Compression
Response Tail
Answer Extractor
Output Template
Formal Representation
Summary

Iterative Alignment

Interaction Reversal
Interaction Language
Meta Prompting
Summary

Afterword

Patterns List
Recommended Resources
About the Author
Markua Snippets Collection
- Headings and Paragraphs
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter One
Chapter One
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Advanced Markua Examples: Code and Images
Formatting Prompt and Response Examples for a ChatGPT Book
Prompt and Response Formatting Patterns (Alignment-Safe)
ChatGPT Prompt and Response Layout Experiments
Highlighting Prompt Structure in a Prompting Patterns Book

Prompt Patterns/Afterword/ChatGPT Prompt and Response Layout Experiments

ChatGPT Prompt and Response Layout Experiments

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Example 1: Faux Chat Alignment Using Labels (Recommended)

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Example 2: Same Aside, Visual Separation

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Example 3: Same Blurb, Compact Chat Style

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Example 4: Simulated Chat Bubbles Using Headings

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User

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ChatGPT

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Example 5: Code-Block Chat Transcript (LLM-Native Look)

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Example 6: Single Blockquote Conversation

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What You Cannot Do in Markua

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Recommendation for a ChatGPT Book

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What you can realistically do in Leanpub

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What works reliably

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What does NOT work

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The best pattern for highlighting prompt structure

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Full Markdown file with concrete patterns

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ChatGPT Prompt and Response Layout Experiments
Example 1: Faux Chat Alignment Using Labels (Recommended)
Example 2: Same Aside, Visual Separation
Example 3: Same Blurb, Compact Chat Style
Example 4: Simulated Chat Bubbles Using Headings
User
ChatGPT
Example 5: Code-Block Chat Transcript (LLM-Native Look)
Example 6: Single Blockquote Conversation
What You Cannot Do in Markua
Recommendation for a ChatGPT Book
What you can realistically do in Leanpub
What works reliably
What does NOT work
The best pattern for highlighting prompt structure
Full Markdown file with concrete patterns