Prompt Engineering

AI Consultant: Training and Fundamentals, Prompt Engineering

Tools & AI Agent Design

Tools & AI Agent Design Thinking tools for your AI agent clear name → function detailed description Defining tool inputs & outputs Tool input → the information the AI agent needs to work with & how to input data Tool output → the info the tool returns back to the agent Key points for tool design specify the data define input/output schema Example outputs customer email → string order amount → number Final notes keep naming consistent define inputs/outputs structure consistency strong intentions clear tool description proper naming defined tool inputs/outputs

AI Consultant: Training and Fundamentals, Prompt Engineering

Structuring Prompts & Research

Research process use relevant context specify constraints provide examples General notes Best practices to design prompts be specific about the task – tell the agent exactly what you want put your request at the beginning of the prompt include separators Example structure identify the main themes in the following text the product is great the shipping was fast overall relevant context to the task Instructions structure answers break your prompt into sections use bullet points use markers like ###

AI Consultant: Training and Fundamentals, Prompt Engineering

Prompt Engineering — Designing Behaviour

Prompt engineering The process of designing prompts so the agent acts exactly how you want Writing a good system prompt Writing a good system prompt You set the system message when building the AI agent and it remains constant throughout the interaction Include: who it is what it can do what it can’t do how it should behave Essential elements role → who the agent is and what its task is tone & style → casual, formal, domain-specific rules → how specific, constraints and processing limitations & constraints → what the AI agent must not do Difference in roles System prompt → what stays the AI behaviour, defined by you User prompt → what prompt the user gives in the moment System rules System rules are the same every time and define the process User prompts change each time & give the task

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