Prompting basics: useful answers the first time

A simple four-part structure that turns vague AI answers into ones you can actually use, for any chat AI.

Beginner 3 lessons About 27 min Free for members

This short course gives you one habit that fixes most bad AI answers: telling the AI who to be, what to do, what it needs to know and what the answer should look like.

You'll need a free account on any chat AI: Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini all work.

By the end you'll have three reusable prompts of your own, saved somewhere you can find them.

Lessons

  1. 1 Why most prompts fail, and the four-part fix Learn the role, task, context and format structure and rewrite a weak prompt into a strong one. 8 min Free preview
  2. 2 Give AI the context it can’t guess Use a context checklist and examples so answers fit your situation instead of the average one. 10 min
  3. 3 Iterate: from a good answer to a great one Use follow-up prompts to refine, critique and improve answers instead of starting again. 9 min