Basic · module 2 of 100
Write a strong prompt
Provide context, a clear task, and a usable result.
After this lesson
You turn a vague question into a concrete assignment with verifiable expectations.
In view · Step by step
A prompt with direction
Write an invitation for colleagues for a fictitious workshop.
Provide the known facts: Saturday, 10–11 o'clock, online. Leave the link open.
Request a maximum of 90 words and én single follow-up step, without extra promises.
Part 1 of 3 · Purpose and reader
Your preference for less movement is on. Choose each part yourself.
Start with the desired result
First, describe what you need: for example, an email of 120 words or a table with three columns. Then provide the target audience, situation, and relevant background. More text is not automatically better; relevant information is.
Make your criteria visible
A useful prompt contains context, task, format and constraints. A role such as communications advisor can help determine the style, but does not make the model an expert. Also mention what it must not invent and what missing information it should ask for first.
Improve één part at a time
Assess the first version on content, tone and completeness. Give targeted feedback: shorter, friendlier or with a concrete example. Save prompts that work together with an example result, so you know what they are suitable for later.
New practice example
From explanation to a usable result.
A useful prompt describes the task, the available facts, the desired format and the boundaries.
Fictional practice situationFictional: a bicycle shop closes on Thursday at 16 o'clock for training. You want a short notification for regular customers; a calendar date has not been provided.
View a possible solution
This is how it can be done
Write a friendly notification for our regular customers of maximum 60 words. Use only: on Thursday we close at 16 o'clock for training. Do not invent a date. Mention that customers can contact us with questions, without adding a contact address yourself.
Why this works
Each component has a function: the target audience dictates the tone, the source limits the facts and the word limit makes the result verifiable.
Make it slightly more difficult
Make the same assignment suitable for a sign on the door of maximum 15 words. Which information remains necessary?
Extra practice, at your own pace. You do not need to submit anything. This does not count towards an automatic assessment.
Watch and understand · with narration
From vague to useful
With a computer-generated voice, on-screen text and captions in your chosen language. Start and pause whenever you like. Open the video separately.
Read the text version of the video
- A vague request: write an email. The goal, reader and facts are missing.
- Give context: an invitation to a fictional online workshop, on Saturday from ten to eleven.
- Ask for no more than ninety words, plain language and one next step. Leave missing information open.
- Check the time, invented claims and the next step. Then ask for one specific improvement.
Your workplace · learning by doing
Make something. See what changes.
Checking the AI connection… You can already view the written example.
Present your assignment to Ende.
Read the answer, change one thing, and compare.
Previously held
New version
You remain in control
What do you want to improve in your next attempt?
On this device only. AI answers remain only in this page memory. This is self-review, not a grade.
Why this approach works
Each component has a function: the target audience dictates the tone, the source limits the facts and the word limit makes the result verifiable.
A step further
Make the same assignment suitable for a sign on the door of maximum 15 words. Which information remains necessary?
Try & discover · no obligation
Build a prompt and compare the versions
Switch off context and boundaries. Which instructions disappear from your task?
Vague start
Write a customer email.
Your constructed prompt
Write a friendly customer email about changed opening hours.
Not yet explicitly provided: context and source facts, format and target audience, boundaries and control.
This trial works locally with fictitious data and does not count towards your lesson completion. It starts anew with a new lesson or reload.
A prompt to get you started
Context: I work at a local bakery. Task: write an email about our new opening hours to regular customers. Format: maximum 120 words, warm and clear tone. Constraints: use only the hours I provide below; do not fill in missing data. Data: [insert the correct hours and start date here].
Apply it
A fictitious bakery gives you these facts: open from 8 to 16 o'clock from Monday. A concrete calendar date is missing.
Which prompt makes the desired result and the boundary clear?
- Write something creative about our shop.
- Write a warm customer email of maximum 100 words about the specified hours. Do not invent a start date; state it as missing.
- Write a professional email and fill in a suitable date yourself.
With JavaScript, you can check your approach and receive immediate feedback.
Test your insight
Which addition makes a prompt most useful?
- “Do your absolute best.”
- “You are the best expert in the world.”
- “Give three options in a table, with one benefit and one risk per option.”
Extra practice
Improve this prompt: “Write something about AI for my company.” Add target audience, concrete task, format and at least één constraint.
I am a team leader at a small shop. Write a memo for my colleagues of maximum 180 words about three ways to use AI for customer communication. Provide one example per way. Do not invent customer data and conclude with a checklist.
