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Domain 1

Prompting and Task Execution

4 build exercises to practise the concepts in this domain.

1.1Beginner20 minutes

1.1 — Rebuild a Vague Request Into a Five-Part Prompt

What you will learn

  • How role, context, task, constraints, and format each change the answer.
  • Why a vague request gets a generic reply.
  • How to apply the colleague test before you send a prompt.
  • When XML-style tags help separate pasted material from instructions.
Open lesson 1.1
1.2Intermediate30 minutes

1.2 — Split a Compound Request Into a Prompt Chain

What you will learn

  • Why one prompt that asks for five things tends to do some of them poorly.
  • How to break a request into steps you can check one at a time.
  • How the output of one step becomes the input of the next.
  • How a self-correction step can catch errors before you rely on them.
Open lesson 1.2
1.3Intermediate30 minutes

1.3 — Iterate a Prompt With Targeted Feedback

What you will learn

  • Why specific feedback beats regenerating and hoping.
  • How to write success criteria before the first draft.
  • How to name exactly what to keep and what to change.
  • How to stop when the criteria are met.
Open lesson 1.3
1.4Intermediate35 minutes

1.4 — Match the Prompt to Four Different Task Types

What you will learn

  • How analysis, research, drafting, and brainstorming need different instructions.
  • Why analysis needs the data and the question, and drafting needs audience and voice.
  • Why brainstorming should ask for range, not a single best answer.
  • How the same topic needs a different prompt for each task.
Open lesson 1.4