Prompt Engineering for Agentic Systems

Overview

Generate optimized prompts for agentic systems with clear rationale for technique selection.

Core Principles:

• Match technique to task - Different agent types require different prompting approaches
• Trade-offs matter - Always consider cost, latency, and accuracy when selecting techniques
• Structure over verbosity - Well-organized prompts outperform long unstructured ones
• Test and iterate - Verify prompts work before deploying to production

For broader agentic system design (choosing workflows vs agents, ACI/tool specifications, guardrails, multi-agent patterns), see the ai-engineering skill.

When to Use

Invoke this skill when:

• Creating prompts for tool-using agents (ReAct pattern)
• Designing prompts for planning or strategy agents