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prompt-engineering-patterns
Master advanced prompt engineering techniques to maximize LLM performance, reliability, and controllability in production. Use when optimizing prompts, improving LLM outputs, or designing production prompt templates.
Why this skill is useful
Provides advanced techniques and structured workflows for optimizing LLM prompts that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Prompt Engineering Patterns Master advanced prompt engineering techniques to maximize LLM performance, reliability, and controllability. When to Use This Skill Designing complex prompts for production LLM applications Optimizing prompt performance and consistency Implementing structured reasoning patterns (chain-of-thought, tree-of-thought) Building few-shot learning systems with dynamic example selection Creating reusable prompt templates with variable interpolation Debugging and refining prompts that produce inconsistent outputs Implementing system prompts for specialized AI assistants Core Capabilities 1. Few-Shot Learning Example selection strategies (semantic similarity, diversity sampling) Balancing example count with context window constraints Constructing effective demonstrations with input-output pairs Dynamic example retrieval from knowledge bases Handling edge cases through strategic example selection 2. Chain-of-Thought Prompting Step-by-step reasoning elicitation Zero-shot CoT with "Let's think step by step" Few-shot CoT with reasoning traces Self-consistency techniques (sampling multiple reasoning paths) Verification and validation steps 3. Prompt Optimization Iterative refinement workflows A/B testing prompt variations Measuring prompt performance metrics (accuracy, consistency, latency) Reducing token usage while maintaining quality Handling edge cases and failure modes 4. Template Systems Variable interpolation and formatting Conditional prompt sections Multi-turn conversation templates Role-based prompt composition Modular prompt components 5. System Prompt Design Setting model behavior and constraints Defining output formats and structure Establishing role and expertise Safety guidelines and content policies Context setting and background information Quick Start Key Patterns Progressive Disclosure Start with simple prompts, add complexity only when needed: 1. Level 1: Direct instruction "Summarize this article" 2. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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