Deep dive · module 51 of 100
Iteratively improving a prompt
Improve a prompt step by step based on the result.
After this lesson
You can give a prompt targeted feedback and adjust one part at a time.
In view · An improvement loop
One change per round
Keep track of your first prompt and the result.
Change only one element, such as format or amount of context.
Assess whether B is truly better using the same criteria.
Part 1 of 3 · Save version A
Your preference for less movement is on. Choose each part yourself.
Assess the result
Look at content, tone, completeness, and format.
Give targeted feedback
Say what needs to be better: shorter, more formal, with an example, without extra promises.
Change one thing at a time
This way you can see the effect of each adjustment.
New practice example
From explanation to a usable result.
When improving specifically, you change one attribute and check whether the rest is preserved.
Fictional practice situationA fictitious answer about a workshop is factually correct but too long. It contains Saturday, online, and free; the start time is unknown.
View a possible solution
This is how it can be done
Request: “Make this a maximum of 40 words. Retain Saturday, online, and free. Continue to indicate that the start time is still to follow.” Then compare the old and new versions on exactly those four pieces of information.
Why this works
A shorter text is only better if necessary facts and uncertainties are preserved. Otherwise, you have gained length and lost meaning.
Make it slightly more difficult
Subsequently, ask for a warmer tone without changing the length or the facts again. Note what effect only that change had.
Extra practice, at your own pace. You do not need to submit anything. This does not count towards an automatic assessment.
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
A shorter text is only better if necessary facts and uncertainties are preserved. Otherwise, you have gained length and lost meaning.
A step further
Subsequently, ask for a warmer tone without changing the length or the facts again. Note what effect only that change had.
Try & discover · no obligation
Rewrite without changing the facts
Save a version and then change én choice. Which differences are style and which change the content?
Fictitious source: from Wednesday the workshop is open from 9 to 16 o'clock. The precise calendar date is not yet known. No discount has been announced.
Two written style examples: “Hi!” is friendly, “Dear visitor,” is businesslike. You change fixed text elements, not a generated AI response.
Source text
Fictitious source: from Wednesday the workshop is open from 9 to 16 o'clock. The precise calendar date is not yet known. No discount has been announced.
Your compiled version
Hi! From Wednesday, the workshop is open from 9 am to 4 pm. The exact date is not yet known.
20 words · English
The known hours remain preserved and the unknown date remains visibly open.
All variants are pre-written. The check responds to your choices and does not assess free text. In a real translation or rewrite, you also check nuance, tone and agreements.
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
Improve this prompt so that the result is shorter and does not invent prices: “[old prompt]”. Provide the new version and explain in one sentence what you changed.
Apply it
You improve a prompt and get one nice answer. You want to know if the adjustment also helps in other cases.
Which approach best fits this situation?
- Compare old and new prompts using the same fixed test cases.
- Replace the old version after that one answer.
- Change prompt, model, and all test data at the same time.
With JavaScript, you can check your approach and receive immediate feedback.
Test your insight
What is the best way to improve a prompt?
- Changing everything at once.
- Adjusting one part at a time and comparing the result.
- Constantly making the prompt longer.
Extra practice
Take a prompt you have used. Write one improvement and the new version.
Old: “Write an email.” New: “Write an email of max 80 words, friendly, without inventing prices or deadlines.”
