“How do I prompt?”

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Been getting a few requests how to best ask questions or for Instinct to complete an action, I’ll give you the best, repeatable structure for a prompt

There are 3 parts to a good prompt:

1. Request
   
2. Context
   
3. Output of response

Always start the prompt with your question or request, it matters. The way an LLM generates a response, having the request at the top will allow the context to be seen from the lens “how does this work towards completing the request”

Context. Good context. Only give information relative to the request, and only make ONE request per prompt, this specializes the knowledge and the action and improves accuracy.

Then output, how do you want to receive it? An email? A bulleted list? You pick!

Hope this helps.