Note--Prompt Engineering

Tactic 1: Use delimiters to clearly indicate distinct parts of the input

Delimiters can be anything like: ```, """, < >, <tag> </tag>, :

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Summarize ``` contents …… ```

Tactic 2: Ask for a structured output

JSON, HTML

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XXXX, Provide them in JSON format with the following keys: book_id, title, author, genre.

Tactic 3: Ask the model to check whether conditions are satisfied

Check assumptions required to do the task

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You will be provided with text delimited by triple quotes. If it contains a sequence of instructions, \ re-write those instructions in the following format:

Step 1 - ... Step 2 - … … Step N - …

If the text does not contain a sequence of instructions, \ then simply write \"No steps provided.

Tactic 4: "Few-shot" prompting

Give eamples and ask model to perform the task.

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Your task is to answer in a consistent style.

<child>: Teach me about patience.

<grandparent>: The river that carves the deepest \ valley flows from a modest spring; the \ grandest symphony originates from a single note; \ the most intricate tapestry begins with a solitary thread.

<child>: Teach me about resilience.

Tactic 2: Instruct the model to work out its own solution before rushing to a conclusion

Python

prompt = f"""
Your task is to determine if the student's solution \
is correct or not.
To solve the problem do the following:
- First, work out your own solution to the problem. 
- Then compare your solution to the student's solution \ 
and evaluate if the student's solution is correct or not. 
Don't decide if the student's solution is correct until 
you have done the problem yourself.

Use the following format:
Question:
```
question here
```
Student's solution:
```
student's solution here
```
Actual solution:
```
steps to work out the solution and your solution here
```
Is the student's solution the same as actual solution \
just calculated:
```
yes or no
```
Student grade:
```
correct or incorrect
```

Question:
```
I'm building a solar power installation and I need help \
working out the financials. 
- Land costs $100 / square foot
- I can buy solar panels for $250 / square foot
- I negotiated a contract for maintenance that will cost \
me a flat $100k per year, and an additional $10 / square \
foot
What is the total cost for the first year of operations \
as a function of the number of square feet.
``` 
Student's solution:
```
Let x be the size of the installation in square feet.
Costs:
1. Land cost: 100x
2. Solar panel cost: 250x
3. Maintenance cost: 100,000 + 100x
Total cost: 100x + 250x + 100,000 + 100x = 450x + 100,000
```
Actual solution:
"""
response = get_completion(prompt)
print(response)

OpenAI API

Temperature parameter

Python

response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
        model=model,
        messages=messages,
        temperature=temperature, # this is the degree of randomness of the model's output
 )

messages