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AI Skills: Create, Think, Stay Safe · Course 2 of 8

Prompt engineering basics

The building blocks of a good prompt: task, context, audience, format and constraints.

  • About 18 minutes
  • 6 short lessons
  • For adults
  • Free certificate path
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A man stacks four blocks, a target, a person, a list and a ruler, standing for task, audience, format and limits

What you will learn

  1. The anatomy of a prompt
  2. Task and context
  3. Audience and format
  4. Constraints
  5. Try it: build a prompt
  6. Recap

Finish with a short quiz to earn the Prompt Builder badge. Every lesson includes an interactive activity. Complete the whole track for a free, verifiable certificate.

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