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type: "GlossaryTerm"
title: "Prompt Engineering"
description: "Prompt Engineering is the practice of designing and optimizing input prompts to elicit desired outputs from language models. It encompasses techniques like few-"
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tags: ["engineering"]
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# Prompt Engineering

Prompt Engineering is the practice of designing and optimizing input prompts to elicit desired outputs from language models. It encompasses techniques like few-shot learning, chain-of-thought prompting, and system instructions to improve AI response quality.

## Business Value



Applies prompt engineering best practices that cut debugging time in half and improve system maintainability.

## Context Studios Perspective



We treat prompt engineering as essential engineering craft. This translates directly into fewer production incidents and faster iteration cycles for our clients.