Shorter prompts still need a fair testA shorter system prompt is a candidate to test. One reported reduction cannot establish that careful instructions have stopped mattering.3 Jul 2026promptingmodel-behaviourclaude-codeevaluationcorrections
Shorten a prompt without losing a ruleCompress repeated wording while preserving explicit constraints and showing how to check the revision.promptingeditingevaluation
Chain-of-Thought (CoT)A prompting approach where the model reasons step by step before giving a final answer.3 Apr 2026promptingreasoningtechnique
In-Context LearningTeaching a model how to behave by giving examples in the prompt itself, without changing any weights.3 Apr 2026promptingtechniqueconcept
Prompt EngineeringThe practice of crafting inputs to get better outputs from a model.3 Apr 2026promptingtechniqueconcept
System PromptInstructions given to a model before the user's message, usually hidden from the user.3 Apr 2026promptingconceptagents
TemperatureA parameter that controls how random model outputs are.3 Apr 2026conceptpromptingtechnique
Zero-ShotAsking a model to do something without any examples in the prompt.3 Apr 2026promptingtechniqueconcept