A comprehensive, community-driven guide to mastering prompt engineering
Transform your AI interactions with expert techniques, proven strategies, and hands-on tutorials
🚀 Get Started • 📖 Documentation • 💡 Examples • 🛠️ Tools • 🤝 Contribute
This repository is your one-stop resource for mastering the art and science of prompt engineering. Whether you're a beginner exploring language models or an experienced developer enhancing your AI workflow, this guide provides practical, actionable insights to elevate your prompt crafting skills.
- 🎯 Comprehensive Coverage: From fundamentals to advanced techniques
- 🔬 Research-Backed: Based on latest academic findings and industry best practices
- 🛠️ Practical Focus: Real-world examples and hands-on tutorials
- 🌍 Community-Driven: Continuously updated by practitioners worldwide
- 📊 Multi-Model Support: Techniques for ChatGPT, Claude, GPT-4, and more
- Start Here: Introduction to Prompt Engineering
- Learn Basics: Core Techniques
- Practice: Beginner Tutorial
- Advanced Methods: Advanced Methodologies
- Specialized Applications: Domain-Specific Applications
- Best Practices: Guidelines & Standards
graph LR
A[📚 Introduction] --> B[🔧 Core Techniques]
B --> C[🎓 Hands-on Tutorial]
C --> D[🚀 Advanced Methods]
D --> E[🏭 Domain Applications]
E --> F[✅ Best Practices]
| Section | Description | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 🌱 Introduction | Fundamentals and key concepts | Beginner |
| 🔧 Core Techniques | Essential prompting strategies | Beginner-Intermediate |
| 🚀 Advanced Methodologies | Complex techniques and patterns | Advanced |
| 🏭 Domain Applications | Industry-specific use cases | Intermediate-Advanced |
| ✅ Best Practices | Guidelines and optimization | All Levels |
| Tutorial | Focus Area | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner's Guide | Getting started with prompts | 30 min |
| Advanced Patterns | Complex prompt structures | 45 min |
Explore our curated collection of high-quality prompts organized by use case:
| Category | Examples | Use Cases |
|---|---|---|
| ✍️ Content Creation | 15+ prompts | Writing, blogs, marketing copy |
| 💻 Code Generation | 20+ prompts | Programming, debugging, documentation |
| 🎓 Education | 12+ prompts | Learning, tutoring, explanations |
| 🤝 Customer Service | 10+ prompts | Support, communication, problem-solving |
📝 Content Writing Assistant
Act as a professional content writer. Create engaging, SEO-optimized content about [TOPIC].
Structure: compelling headline, introduction with hook, main points with subheadings, conclusion with CTA.
Tone: [professional/casual/friendly], Target audience: [specify], Word count: [number].
🐛 Code Debugging Expert
As an expert programmer, analyze this code for bugs and optimization opportunities:
[CODE]
Please provide:
1. Identified issues with explanations
2. Corrected code with improvements
3. Best practice recommendations
4. Performance optimization suggestions
| Tool | Category | Description | Free Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | General AI | Versatile conversational AI | ✅ Yes |
| Claude | AI Assistant | Advanced reasoning and analysis | ✅ Yes |
| Prompt Base | Marketplace | Buy/sell quality prompts | ❌ Paid |
| LangChain | Framework | Prompt engineering toolkit | ✅ Open Source |
- 📖 Books: Essential reading list
- 🎥 Videos: Curated tutorial videos
- 📰 Articles: Latest research papers
- 🌐 Communities: Active discussion forums
We welcome contributions from the community! Here's how you can help:
- 📝 Add Content: Share your prompt engineering techniques and examples
- 🐛 Report Issues: Help us identify and fix problems
- 💡 Suggest Features: Propose new sections or improvements
- 🔍 Review: Help review pull requests and provide feedback
- 🌍 Translate: Help make this guide accessible globally
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-prompts) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add amazing prompts') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-prompts) - Open a Pull Request
Read our full Contributing Guidelines for detailed instructions.
Thanks to all our amazing contributors! 🙏
- Interactive web tutorials
- Video content series
- Multi-language support
- Community discussion forum
- Mobile app companion
- AI-powered prompt optimizer
- Integration with popular IDEs
- Certification program
- 📚 Documentation: Check our comprehensive guides
- ❓ Issues: Create an issue for bugs or questions
- 💡 Discussions: Join GitHub Discussions for community support
- 🐦 Twitter: Follow for updates and tips
- 💼 LinkedIn: Connect with the community
- 📧 Email: Contact the maintainers
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
If you use this guide in your research or projects, please cite:
@misc{prompt_engineering_guide_2025,
title={The Ultimate Prompt Engineering Guide},
author={oxbshw and contributors},
year={2025},
url={https://github.com/oxbshw/Prompt-Engineering-Guide}
}This guide builds upon the excellent work of the prompt engineering community, including:
- DAIR.AI Prompt Engineering Guide
- NirDiamant's Prompt Engineering
- Awesome Prompt Engineering
- Anthropic's Interactive Tutorial
- Learn Prompting
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