Prompt Engineering

Overview

This skill helps create highly effective prompts by selecting the optimal technique and format based on task characteristics. Analyzes complexity, target LLM, accuracy needs, and context to recommend the best approach from 10+ proven methods and 4 structured formats.

Quick Start Decision Tree

Answer these questions to find the right approach:

1. Task Complexity?

• Simple → Zero-Shot (see references/zero-shot.md)
• Need format/style → Few-Shot (see references/few-shot.md)
• Multi-step reasoning → Chain of Thought (see references/chain-of-thought.md)
• Tool/API use → ReAct (see references/react.md)
• Complex planning → Tree of Thoughts (see references/tree-of-thoughts.md)
• High-stakes → Self-Consistency (see references/self-consistency.md)