Anatomy of a Good Prompt

1. What is the purpose of the **system** role in a prompt?

To provide the user's actual request To give prior replies from the model To set behavioral rules and guardrails for the assistant To define the output format

2. Which part of a strong prompt specifies how the answer should be shaped?

Role & goal Task Output format Context

3. Why is it important for prompts to be specific and bounded?

To allow for creative and free-form responses To ensure clear and focused answers from the model To reduce the size of the generated prompt To make it easier for the model to generate vague responses

4. What is one best practice mentioned for managing prompts in an application?

Place them randomly across the application Regularly update without version control Keep them in a centralized prompt assembler Only test them during deployment

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