Prompt Engineering

About

Apply a comprehensive set of prompt engineering techniques based on Anthropic's official best practices to design, optimize, and troubleshoot prompts. This skill guides you through a structured workflow to create high-quality, reliable prompts that produce consistent, accurate outputs while minimizing hallucinations and implementing security measures. It is useful for writing new prompts, improving existing ones, implementing advanced patterns like chain-of-thought, or enhancing the overall quality and reliability of Claude's responses.

Key Features

• Provides a step-by-step workflow for prompt design and optimization
• Offers a structured approach to testing, debugging, and iterating on prompts
• Applies Anthropic's prompt engineering best practices
• Includes strategies for hallucination reduction, output consistency, and security
• Implements advanced techniques like chain-of-thought, multishot prompting, and XML structuring
• 54 GitHub stars

Use Cases

• Writing a new, effective prompt for a specific task.
• Improving the performance, consistency, or accuracy of an existing prompt.
• Developing robust system prompts for production applications.