Module 2 · LLMs, Prompt Engineering & Context Engineering
Prompt Engineering Fundamentals: lessons
Clear instructions, examples, step-by-step reasoning and structured output — proven techniques, no incantations.
4 lessons · 58 min
What this module teaches, what it asks of you first and how you practise it are on its syllabus page.
Open the syllabusClear Instructions and Roles
14 minWriting a prompt like a brief for a brilliant new colleague with no context.
Included with the trackFew-Shot Examples
14 minChoosing examples that teach the pattern rather than get copied verbatim.
Included with the track Simulation insideReasoning and Chain-of-Thought
14 minWhen asking the model to think step by step helps, and when it only adds tokens.
Included with the trackStructured Output
16 minJSON, schemas and validation so model output can be consumed by code.
Included with the track