| Separate sections | , , | Any complex prompt | | Control length | with word/bullet limits | Prevent verbosity | | Prevent drift | with explicit "do NOT" | Feature creep | | Handle uncertainty | | Factual queries | | Chain of thought | , | Reasoning tasks | | Extraction | with JSON structure | Data parsing | | Research | | Web-enabled agents |
| Self-check | | High-risk domains | | Tool usage | | Agentic systems | | Eagerness control | , | Agent autonomy | | Persona | + behavioral constraints | Tone & style |
Comprehensive catalog of prompting techniques. Full details, examples, and academic references in references/prompting-techniques.md.
Universal prompt engineering techniques for any LLM. Use when crafting, optimizing, or reviewing prompts for AI models. Triggers on requests like "improve this prompt", "write a system prompt", "optimize my instructions", "help me prompt engineer", "audit this prompt", "review my prompt", or when building agentic systems that need structured prompts. Source: codealive-ai/prompt-engineering-skill.